境地

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Chinese

		border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (境地)		境	地
simp. ^#(境地)		境	地

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìngdì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² dei⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kin-thi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kéng-tē / kéng-tōe

(Teochew, Peng'im): gêng² di⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìngdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìngdì
  - Wade–Giles: ching⁴-ti⁴
  - Yale: jìng-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqdih
  - Palladius: цзинди (czindi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging² dei⁶
  - Yale: gíng deih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging² dei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging² déi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ tei̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kin-thi
  - Hakka Romanization System: gin ti
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gin⁴ ti⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kin⁵⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-tē
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-tē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefngde
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ te⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-tōe
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-tuē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefngdoe
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gêng² di⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kéng tī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ ti¹¹/

Noun

境地

(chiefly undesirable) condition; circumstances
territory; region

Synonyms

(circumstances):

事態／事态 (shìtài) (especially negative)
光景 (guāngjǐng)
光陰／光阴 (guāngyīn) (Classical)
勢面／势面 (Hokkien)
境況／境况 (jìngkuàng) (usually economic)
境遇 (jìngyù) (usually negative)
局勢／局势 (júshì)
局面 (júmiàn)
形勢／形势 (xíngshì)
情勢／情势 (qíngshì)
情境 (qíngjìng)
情態／情态 (qíngtài)
情況／情况 (qíngkuàng)
情狀／情状 (qíngzhuàng) (literary)
情節／情节 (qíngjié) (of a crime or mistake)
景況／景况 (jǐngkuàng) (chiefly of an economy or individual)
景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
板面 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
樣子／样子 (yàngzi)
模樣／模样
狀況／状况 (zhuàngkuàng)

Related terms

境界 (jìngjiè)
意境 (yìjìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
境	地
きょう Grade: 5	ち Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きょーち (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

境(きょう)地(ち) • (kyōchi) ^{←きやうち (kyauti)^?}

realm; state
無心(むしん)の境地(きょうち)
mushin no kyōchi
(Buddhism) realm of mental emptiness

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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