大千世界

Chinese

		great thousand	world; the World
simp. and trad. (大千世界)		大千	世界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàqiānshìjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ cin¹ sai³ gaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàqiānshìjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàcianshìhjiè
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chʻien¹-shih⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: dà-chyān-shr̀-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahchianshyhjieh
    • Palladius: дацяньшицзе (dacjanʹšicze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ cin¹ sai³ gaai³
    • Yale: daaih chīn sai gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ tsin¹ sai³ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ qin¹ sei³ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³ kaːi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: dajH|daH tshen syejH keajH

Rime
Character	大	大	千	世	界
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	清 (14)	書 (26)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	先 (85)	祭 (35)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	IV	III	II
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	蒼先切	舒制切	古拜切
Baxter	dajH	daH	tshen	syejH	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiᴇiH/	/kˠɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiɛiH/	/kᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/t͡sʰɛn/	/ɕjæiH/	/kɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dajH/	/daH/	/t͡sʰɛn/	/ɕiajH/	/kəɨjH/
Li Rong	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiɛiH/	/kɛiH/
Wang Li	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/t͡sʰien/	/ɕĭɛiH/	/kɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑiH/	/dʱɑH/	/t͡sʰien/	/ɕi̯ɛiH/	/kăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	qiān	shì	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai6	do6	cin1	sai3	gaai3

Noun

大千世界

1. (Buddhism) trichiliocosm (billion-fold universe)
2. (by extension) the boundless universe

   大千世界無奇不有 [MSC, trad.]
   大千世界无奇不有 [MSC, simp.]

   dàqiānshìjiè wúqíbùyǒu [Pinyin]

   nothing is too strange in this boundless universe

Derived terms

• 三千大千世界 (sānqiān-dàqiān-shìjiè)

 

See also

• 小千世界 (xiǎo qiān shìjiè)
• 中千世界 (zhōng qiān shìjiè)
• 三千世界 (sānqiān shìjiè)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “大千世界” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].