界 jiè

1. jiè noun border; boundary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 边界 [national] border (CCD '界' 1, pp. 999-1000; Giles 1892 '界'; Guoyu '界' n 1; Kroll 2015 '界' 1, p. 211; Mathews 1931 '界', p. 86; Unihan '界'; XHZD '界' 1, p. 349)
2. jiè noun kingdom
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Biology
   Notes: From taxonomy; for example, 动物界 Animalia (CC-CEDICT '界'; CCD '界' 4, pp. 999-1000; Guoyu '界' n 3; XHZD '界' 3, p. 349)
3. jiè suffix circle; society
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: The term refers to groups of people, for example 艺术界 'art circles' (CCD '界' 3, pp. 999-1000; Guoyu '界' n 2; Unihan '界')
4. jiè noun territory; region
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '界' 2, p. 211)
5. jiè noun the world
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Giles 1892 '界'; Kroll 2015 '界' 2a, p. 211; Mathews 1931 '界', p. 86; Unihan '界')
6. jiè noun scope; extent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '界' 2, pp. 999-1000; Giles 1892 '界'; Unihan '界'; XHZD '界' 2, p. 349)
7. jiè noun erathem; stratigraphic unit
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geology
   Notes: For example, 古生界 Paleozoic erathem (CCD '界' 5, pp. 999-1000; XHZD '界' 4, p. 349)
8. jiè verb to divide; to define a boundary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 划分 (Guoyu '界' v 1; Kroll 2015 '界' 3, p. 211; Mathews 1931 '界', p. 86)
9. jiè verb to adjoin
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 毗连 (Guoyu '界' v 3; Kroll 2015 '界' 4, p. 211)

Contained in

• 媒界 medium; vehicle
• 底界 lower boundary
• 世界地图(世界地圖) world map
• 西方世界 Western world
• 越出界线(越出界線) to exceed; to overstep the limit
• 上界 upper bound ; Heaven
• 世界文化遗产(世界文化遺產) a World Heritage Site
• 界外 outside of the border
• 界内球(界內球) ball within bounds; fair ball (baseball)
• 外界 the outside world ; not connected with
• 临界质量(臨界質量) critical mass
• 植物界 Kingdom Plantae
• 租界 foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries)
• 世界协调时间(世界協調時間) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
• 埃塞俄比亚界(埃塞俄比亞界) Ethiopian Zone, aka Afrotropical realm
• 事界 event horizon
• 教育界 educational circles
• 界定 definition; to delimit
• 出界 to go out of bounds; to cross a border
• 世界闻名(世界聞名) world famous
• 世界末日 end of the world
• 各界 all walks of life; all social circles
• 冥界 ghost world
• 学界(學界) academic circles
• 亚临界(亞臨界) subcritical
• 标界(標界) to demarcate a boundary; dividing line
• 楚河汉界(楚河漢界) the river that divides Chu and Han; a line that divides rival territories
• 世界人权宣言(世界人權宣言) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• 界上 at the border
• 全世界第一 world's first
• 划清界线(劃清界線) to draw a clear line of demarcation
• 悲惨世界(悲慘世界) Les Misérables
• 新热带界(新熱帶界) Neotropic (ecozone)
• 夹界(夾界) to share a border
• 国界(國界) national boundary; border between countries
• 分界线(分界線) dividing line
• 工商界 industry; the world of business
• 世界纪录(世界紀錄) world record
• 业界标准(業界標準) industry standard
• 界尺 ungraduated ruler; straightedge
• 世界气象组织(世界氣象組織) World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

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中国文学艺术界联合会 、 界首市 、 新界 、 人机界面 、 世界银行 、 用户界面 、 第二次世界大战 、 世界运动会 、 第一次世界大战 、 中俄勘分西北界约记

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• 卷一百八十一 志第一百三十四 食貨下三 Volume 181 Treatises 134: Finance and Economics 2c History of Song 宋史 — count: 84
• 卷八十七 志第四十 地理三 Volume 87 Treatises 40: Geography 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 84
• 卷四十三 志第十九 地理四 Volume 43 Treatises 19: Geography 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 48
• 卷四十四 志第二十 地理五 Volume 44 Treatises 20: Geography 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 40
• 卷四十二 志第十八 地理三 Volume 42 Treatises 18: Geography 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 40
• 卷一百九十二 志第一百四十五 兵六 Volume 192 Treatises 145: Military 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 40
• 卷四十五 志第二十一 地理六 Volume 45 Treatises 21: Geography 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 36
• 卷四十六 志第二十二 地理七 Volume 46 Treatises 22: Geography 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 35
• 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 28
• 卷四十一 志第十七 地理二 Volume 41 Treatises 17: Geography 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 24

Collocations

• 郡界 (郡界) 經東郡界中 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十九 溝洫志 Volume 29: Treatise on Rivers and Canals — count: 17
• 西界 (西界) 齊王建與其相後勝發兵守其西界 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 15
• 界中 (界中) 立石闕東海上朐山界中 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷二十 反質 Chapter 20: Returning to Simplicity — count: 14
• 入界 (入界) 入界 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《周本紀》 Annals of Zhou — count: 9
• 东界 (東界) 捍吳兵於東界 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《韓長孺列傳》 Biography of Han Changru — count: 8
• 北界 (北界) 地北界泰山 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《梁孝王世家》 House of Prince Xiao of Liang — count: 5
• 壤界 (壤界) 使有壤界 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷八　本經訓 Chapter 8: Base Warp — count: 5
• 界去 (界去) 東界去王都數千里 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《大宛列傳》 Treatise on the Dayuan — count: 3
• 界泰山 (界泰山) 地北界泰山 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《梁孝王世家》 House of Prince Xiao of Liang — count: 3
• 界盗 (界盜) 而告界盜見持白旄者殺之 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《衛康叔世家》 House of Wei Kang Shu — count: 3