三千世界

Chinese

		three	thousand	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (三千世界)		三	千	世	界

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānqiān shìjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄑㄧㄢㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānqiān shìjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄑㄧㄢㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sancian shìhjiè
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-chʻien¹ shih⁴-chieh⁴
  - Yale: sān-chyān shr̀-jyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanchian shyhjieh
  - Palladius: саньцянь шицзе (sanʹcjanʹ šicze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: sam tshen syejH keajH

Rime
Character	三	千	世	界
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	清 (14)	書 (26)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	先 (85)	祭 (35)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV	III	II
Fanqie	蘇甘切	蒼先切	舒制切	古拜切
Baxter	sam	tshen	syejH	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑm/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiᴇi^H/	/kˠɛi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑm/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiɛi^H/	/kᵚæi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑm/	/t͡sʰɛn/	/ɕjæi^H/	/kɐi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sam/	/t͡sʰɛn/	/ɕiaj^H/	/kəɨj^H/
Li Rong	/sɑm/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiɛi^H/	/kɛi^H/
Wang Li	/sɑm/	/t͡sʰien/	/ɕĭɛi^H/	/kɐi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑm/	/t͡sʰien/	/ɕi̯ɛi^H/	/kăi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān	qiān	shì	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam¹	cin¹	sai³	gaai³

Noun

三千世界

(Buddhism) abbreviation of 三千大千世界 (sānqiān-dàqiān-shìjiè)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “三千世界” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].