欲界

Chinese

		desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
trad. (欲界/慾界)		欲/慾	界
simp. (欲界)		欲	界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ gaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùjiè
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: yù-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhjieh
    • Palladius: юйцзе (jujcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ gaai³
    • Yale: yuhk gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² kaːi̯³³/

Noun

欲界

1. (Buddhism) desire realm; kāmadhātu

Coordinate terms

• 色界 (sèjiè)
• 無色界／无色界 (wúsèjiè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (欲界):

• → Japanese: 欲界(よっかい) (yokkai); 欲界(よくかい) (yokukai)
• → Korean: 욕계(欲界) (yokgye)
• → Vietnamese: dục giới (欲界)