境 (ging2 | jing4) : boundary; frontier; region

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境

ging2

jing4

[1] [n] boundary; frontier; border [2] [n] place; area; region [3] [n] state; situation; circumstances

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 土 (#32)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

境

This word has been viewed 11250 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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語境 jyu5 ging2 yu3 jing4 = context

環境 waan4 ging2 huan2 jing4 = surroundings; environment

居住環境 geoi1 zyu6 waan4 ging2 = living environment

邊境 bin1 ging2 bian1 jing4 = frontier; border

入境 jap6 ging2 ru4 jing4 = to enter a country

過境 gwo3 ging2 guo4 jing4 = to transit; to pass through

境地 ging2 dei6 jing4 di4 = circumstances

境界 ging2 gaai3 jing4 jie4 = boundary; realm; state

處境 cyu2 ging2 chu3 jing4 = plight; unfavorable situation

出境 ceot1 ging2 chu1 jing4 = to leave a country or region
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在這個環境，這個〝場〞字是個量詞。國
The character "場" is a classifier in this context.
[口語：喺呢個環境，呢個〝場〞字係個量詞。 (The actual context in which this sentence arose was 在還原那場雨, where 場 is a classifier for rain.)]

係環境被逼先至去標參 粵
The circumstances forced him to kidnap.

佢已經練到出神入化的境界
He has already attained the level of perfection through training.

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Decimal representation of this word: 境
Unicode code for this character: U+5883 (off-site link)

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