四界
Chinese
| four | boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (四界) |
四 | 界 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sei3 gaai3
- Jin (Wiktionary): si3 jie3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sì-kòe / sì-kè / siak-kòe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sìjiè
- Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sìhjiè
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ4-chieh4
- Yale: sz̀-jyè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhjieh
- Palladius: сыцзе (sycze)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sei3 gaai3
- Yale: sei gaai
- Cantonese Pinyin: sei3 gaai3
- Guangdong Romanization: séi3 gai3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sei̯³³ kaːi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kòe
- Tâi-lô: sì-kuè
- Phofsit Daibuun: sie'koex
- IPA (Xiamen): /si²¹⁻⁵³ kue²¹/
- IPA (Singapore): /si²¹⁻⁴² kue²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /si¹¹⁻⁵³ kue¹¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kè
- Tâi-lô: sì-kè
- Phofsit Daibuun: sie'kex
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ ke²¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²¹⁻⁴¹ ke²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-kòe
- Tâi-lô: siak-kuè
- Phofsit Daibuun: siakkoex
- IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore)
Adverb
四界
Synonyms
- 一世界 (7iq-sy-ka) (Wu)
- 一四界 (Hokkien)
- 七處 / 七处 (chék-ché̤ṳ) (Eastern Min)
- 五路 (Hokkien)
- 到處 / 到处 (dàochù)
- 各處 / 各处 (gèchù) (literary)
- 四勢 / 四势 (sí-sié) (Eastern Min)
- 四圍 / 四围 (sei3 wai4) (Cantonese)
- 四處 / 四处 (sìchù)
- 四路裡 / 四路里 (si4 lou5 li) (Xiang)
- 在在 (zàizài)
- 堪哪裡 / 堪哪里 (kon1 la li) (Gan)
- 大母四公界 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 大母四界 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 度度 (dou6 dou6) (Cantonese)
- 往往 (wǎngwǎng) (literary)
- 比比 (bǐbǐ)
- 滿四界 / 满四界 (Hokkien)
- 滿塊 / 满块 (mua2 go3) (Teochew)
- 滿底塊 / 满底块 (mua2 di7 go3) (Teochew)
- 處處 / 处处 (chùchù)
- 逐搭 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 遍地
- 遍處 / 遍处 (biànchù)
- 隨處 / 随处 (suíchù)
Derived terms
Noun
四界
- (literary) boundary
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) field; farmland
- (Buddhism) the four primary elements
Synonyms
References
- “四界”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.