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)
  10. jiè noun dhatu; realm; field; domain
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dhātu, Pali: dhātu, Japanese: kai, Tibetan: khams; in Buddhist cosmology and philosophy; for example, 欲界 'realm of desire' (BL 'dhātu', p. 254; FGDB '界'; Kroll 2015 '界' 5, p. 211; Red Pine 2012, loc. 5667; SH '界', p. 308)

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