HSK 6 · Ideas

境界 jìngjiè “realm” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 境界 means

  1. realm
  2. state
  3. level (of achievement)
  4. boundary

How to say 境界

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale境jìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale界jiè4th tone, falling

境界 in a sentence

  1. 他的武功已经达到了出神入化的境界。

    Tā de wǔgōng yǐjīng dádào le chūshénrùhuà de jìngjiè.

    His martial arts skills have reached a level of sheer perfection.

    Sentence #485715 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 境界 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 境 (jìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
境jìngborder
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 竟finally · jìngSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 竟 (jìng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìng.

The character 界 (jiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
界jièboundary; border
  • 田field · tiánMeaning part
  • 介agent · jièSound part

田 hints at the meaning (field); 介 (jiè) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiè.

How to write 境界

境 14 strokes · 界 9 strokes

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境界 (jìngjiè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 境界 (jìngjiè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 境界

Words with 境

环境huánjìng · environment边境biānjìng · border area处境chǔjìng · situation

Words with 界

世界shìjiè · world边界biānjiè · border界限jièxiàn · boundary外界wàijiè · the outside world

More words: Ideas & Concepts

级别jíbié · level结局jiéjú · ending界限jièxiàn · boundary精华jīnghuá · essence锦上添花jǐnshàngtiānhuā · to make something even better进展jìnzhǎn · progress技巧jìqiǎo · skill极限jíxiàn · limit

FAQs

境界 (jìngjiè) means “realm” or “state”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jìngjiè: jìng with a 4th tone, then jiè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 境界 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 境界 from the suggestions. Typing jingjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
境界 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.