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自然界

自然界

Chinese

		nature; the natural world	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (自然界)		自然	界

Noun

自然界

the natural world; nature

Etymology

From Japanese 自然界 (しぜんかい) ‎(shizenkai).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zìránjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jin⁴ gaai³
Min Nan (POJ): chū-liân-kài / chīr-liân-kài / chū-jiân-kài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zìránjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhranjieh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐa̠n³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ jin⁴ gaai³
  - Yale: jih yìhn gaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jin⁴ gaai³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jiːn²¹ kɑːi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-liân-kài
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-liân-kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxlienkaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴⁻²² kaɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kaɪ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-liân-kài
  - Tâi-lô: tsīr-liân-kài
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² liɛn²⁴⁻²² kaɪ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-jiân-kài
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-jiân-kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxjienkaix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑiɛn¹³⁻²² kaɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ d͡ʑiɛn²³⁻³³ kaɪ²¹/