界 (gaai3 | jie4) : boundary; limit; world

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界

gaai3

jie4

[1] [n] boundary; limit [2] [v] limit; demarcate; define; delimit [3] world

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 田 (#102)

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

界

This word has been viewed 13446 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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全世界 cyun4 sai3 gaai3 quan2 shi4 jie4 = the whole world; worldwide

世界 sai3 gaai3 shi4 jie4 = the world

界限 gaai3 haan6 jie4 xian4 = boundary; margin

教育界 gaau3 juk6 gaai3 jiao4 yu4 jie4 = educational circles

第一次世界大戰 dai6 jat1 ci3 sai3 gaai3 daai6 zin3 = World War I; the First World War

第二次世界大戰 dai6 ji6 ci3 sai3 gaai3 daai6 zin3 di4 er4 ci4 shi4 jie4 da4 zhan4 = World War II; the Second World War

新界 san1 gaai3 = New Territories; new frontier

世界觀 sai3 gaai3 gun1 shi4 jie4 guan1 = global outlook; world view

世界上 sai3 gaai3 soeng6 shi4 jie4 shang4 = on earth, in this world

邊界 bin1 gaai3 bian1 jie4 = border
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世界上有很多人。國
There are many people in the world.

獵豹係世界上跑得最快嘅動物粵
The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world.
[Lit. cheetah is world-on run-manner most fast [possessive particle] animal]

今次環遊世界令我大開眼界粵
Traveling around the world really expanded my horizons.

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

我希望畢業後投身醫療界。
I hope to join the health care industry after graduation.

當世界語啱啱傳入中國嗰陣粵 ?!
When Esperanto had just been introduced to China...
[Lit. When Esperanto just-now introduced China that-time]

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Decimal representation of this word: 界
Unicode code for this character: U+754C (off-site link)

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