下界

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (下界)		下	界

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ gaai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàjiè
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-chieh⁴
  - Yale: syà-jyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahjieh
  - Palladius: сяцзе (sjacze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ gaai³
  - Yale: hah gaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ gaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ gai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² kaːi̯³³/

Noun

下界

the human world; the world of mortals
(mathematics) lower bound

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “human world”):上界 (shàngjiè)

Verb

下界

to descend to the mortal world

Synonyms

下凡 (xiàfán)
(Jinhua) 落凡

Japanese

Kanji in this term
下	界
げ Grade: 1	かい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) げかい [gèkáí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡe̞ka̠i]

Noun

下(げ)界(かい) • (gekai)

the human world; the world of mortals
(mathematics) lower bound