自然界

Chinese

		nature; the natural world; natural nature; the natural world; natural; of or relating to nature	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
trad. (自然界)		自然	界
simp. #(自然界)		自然	界

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 自(し)然(ぜん)界(かい) (shizenkai).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìránjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jin⁴ gaai³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chū-liân-kài / chīr-liân-kài / chū-jiân-kài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze⁶ riang⁵ gai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìránjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhránjiè
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-jan²-chieh⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-rán-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhranjieh
    • Palladius: цзыжаньцзе (czyžanʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ jin⁴ gaai³
    • Yale: jih yìhn gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jin⁴ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yin⁴ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jiːn²¹ kaːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-liân-kài
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-liân-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxlienkaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴⁻²² kai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kai¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-liân-kài
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-liân-kài
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² liɛn²⁴⁻²² kai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-jiân-kài
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-jiân-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxjienkaix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ ziɛn²³⁻³³ kai²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ d͡ziɛn¹³⁻²² kai²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze⁶ riang⁵ gai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̆ jiâng kài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kai²¹³/

Noun

自然界

1. the natural world; nature

Synonyms

• 自然 (zìrán)