大千世界

Chinese

		great thousand	world; realm governed by a Buddha
simp. and trad. (大千世界)		大千	世界

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàqiānshìjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ cin¹ sai³ gaai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàqiānshìjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄕˋ 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/

Middle Chinese: daH tshen syejH keajH

Rime
Character	大	千	世	界
Reading #	2/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	清 (14)	書 (26)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	先 (85)	祭 (35)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV	III	II
Fanqie	唐佐切	蒼先切	舒制切	古拜切
Baxter	daH	tshen	syejH	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑ^H/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiᴇi^H/	/kˠɛi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑ^H/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiɛi^H/	/kᵚæi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑ^H/	/t͡sʰɛn/	/ɕjæi^H/	/kɐi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/da^H/	/t͡sʰɛn/	/ɕiaj^H/	/kəɨj^H/
Li Rong	/dɑ^H/	/t͡sʰen/	/ɕiɛi^H/	/kɛi^H/
Wang Li	/dɑ^H/	/t͡sʰien/	/ɕĭɛi^H/	/kɐi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑ^H/	/t͡sʰien/	/ɕi̯ɛi^H/	/kăi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duò	qiān	shì	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	do⁶	cin¹	sai³	gaai³

Noun

大千世界

(Buddhism) trichiliocosm (billion-fold universe)
(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].