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

• 宏观世界(宏觀世界) macrocosm; the world in the large
• 言论界(言論界) the press; the media
• 中俄边界协议(中俄邊界協議) Sino-Russian Border Agreement of 1991
• 亚临界(亞臨界) subcritical
• 定界 demarcation; boundary; delimited; bound (math.)
• 眼界 sight; field of vision
• 同一个世界，同一个梦想(同一個世界，同一個夢想) One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games
• 番界 territory occupied by aborigines in Taiwan
• 搭界 an interface; to relate with; to affiliate
• 东洋界(東洋界) Indomalayan realm
• 动物界(動物界) Animalia
• 视界(視界) field of vision
• 租界 foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries)
• 魔兽世界(魔獸世界) World of Warcraft (video game)
• 界面 interface
• 金融界 banking circles; the world of finance
• 夹界(夾界) to share a border
• 指界 determination of cadastral parcel boundaries
• 冥界 ghost world
• 省界 provincial boundaries; provincial boundary
• 菌界 fungus (taxonomic kingdom); mycota
• 州界 state border; state line
• 内心世界(內心世界) (one's) inner world
• 新闻界(新聞界) the press; the media
• 临界质量(臨界質量) critical mass
• 下确界(下確界) infimum ; greatest lower bound
• 客观世界(客觀世界) the objective world (as opposed to empirical observation)
• 亚界(亞界) subkingdom
• 各界 all walks of life; all social circles
• 世界自然基金会(世界自然基金會) World Wildlife Fund WWF
• 外交界 diplomatic cirlces
• 世界经济论坛(世界經濟論壇) World Economic Forum
• 艺能界(藝能界) show business
• 国界线(國界線) border between countries; line forming the border
• 全世界人民团结起来(全世界人民團結起來) people of the world unite
• 生物界 biosphere; natural world
• 界限 boundary; border; limit
• 微观世界(微觀世界) microcosm; the microscopic world
• 国界(國界) national boundary; border between countries
• 限界线(限界線) boundary; dividing line
• 经界(經界) field boundaries
• 勘界 boundary survey
• 新热带界(新熱帶界) Neotropic (ecozone)

Also contained in

人机界面 、 世界金融中心 、 新界 、 中国文学艺术界联合会 、 世界强国 、 用户界面 、 张家界 、 第一次世界大战

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 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
• 卷四十二 志第十八 地理三 Volume 42 Treatises 18: Geography 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 40
• 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: 16
• 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
• 壤界 (壤界) 使有壤界 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷八　本經訓 Chapter 8: Base Warp — count: 5
• 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
• 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
• 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