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

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

(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)

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