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jiè
HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

  1. 1. (bound form) boundary; border
  2. 2. (bound form) realm

Example Sentences

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講世 語!
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Words Containing 界

体育界
tǐ yù jiè

sports circles

世界小姐选美
shì jiè xiǎo jie xuǎn měi

Miss World Beauty Pageant

金融界
jīn róng jiè

banking circles

大分界岭
dà fēn jiè lǐng

Great Dividing Range, mountain range along the east coast of Australia

用户界面
yòng hù jiè miàn

user interface

界标
jiè biāo

landmark

娱乐界
yú lè jiè

entertainment world

亚临界
yà lín jiè

subcritical

微观世界
wēi guān shì jiè

microcosm

全世界第一
quán shì jiè dì yī

world's first

临界质量
lín jiè zhì liàng

critical mass

世界和平
shì jiè hé píng

world peace

世界经济
shì jiè jīng jì

global economy

第三世界
dì sān shì jiè

Third World

满世界
mǎn shì jiè

everywhere

言论界
yán lùn jiè

the press

物欲世界
wù yù shì jiè

the world of material desires (Buddhism)

楚河汉界
chǔ hé hàn jiè

lit. the river that divides Chu and Han

三个世界
sān ge shì jiè

the Three Worlds (as proposed by Mao Zedong), i.e. the superpowers (USA and USSR), other wealthy countries (UK, France, Japan etc), and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America

疆界
jiāng jiè

border

搭界
dā jiè

an interface

超界
chāo jiè

superkingdom (taxonomy)

媒界
méi jiè

medium

世界文化遗产
shì jiè wén huà yí chǎn

(UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage

新界
xīn jiè

New Territories (in Hong Kong)

动物界
dòng wù jiè

animal kingdom

中俄边界协议
zhōng é biān jiè xié yì

Sino-Russian Border Agreement of 1991

植物界
zhí wù jiè

Kingdom Plantae (biology)

界内球
jiè nèi qiú

ball within bounds (sports)

世界日报
shì jiè rì bào

World Journal, US newspaper

报界
bào jiè

the press

原核生物界
yuán hé shēng wù jiè

Kingdom Monera

亚界
yà jiè

subkingdom (taxonomy)

花花世界
huā huā shì jiè

the teeming world

我的世界
wǒ de shì jiè

Minecraft (video game)

协调世界时
xié tiáo shì jiè shí

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

世界气象组织
shì jiè qì xiàng zǔ zhī

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

科学界
kē xué jiè

world of science

客观世界
kè guān shì jiè

the objective world (as opposed to empirical observation)

出界
chū jiè

to cross a border

边界
biān jiè

boundary

美丽新世界
měi lì xīn shì jiè

Brave New World, novel by Aldous Huxley 阿道司·赫胥黎[ā dào sī · hè xū lí]

知识界
zhī shi jiè

intellectual circles

全世界无产者联合起来
quán shì jiè wú chǎn zhě lián hé qǐ lai

Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch!

世界自然基金会
shì jiè zì rán jī jīn huì

World Wildlife Fund WWF

业界
yè jiè

industry

中国文学艺术界联合会
zhōng guó wén xué yì shù jiè lián hé huì

China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)

经济界
jīng jì jiè

economic circles

上确界
shàng què jiè

supremum (math.)

世界粮食署
shì jiè liáng shi shǔ

World food program (United Nations aid agency)

世界知名
shì jiè zhī míng

world famous

大千世界
dà qiān shì jiè

great wide world

世界变暖
shì jiè biàn nuǎn

global warming

界址
jiè zhǐ

boundary (of a piece of land or territory)

图形界面
tú xíng jiè miàn

Graphical User Interface (GUI) (computing)

内心世界
nèi xīn shì jiè

(one's) inner world

本地管理界面
běn dì guǎn lǐ jiè miàn

LMI

无国界
wú guó jiè

without borders (used for organizations such as Médecins sans Frontières)

魔兽世界
mó shòu shì jiè

World of Warcraft (video game)

界碑
jiè bēi

boundary stone

越界
yuè jiè

to cross a border

下确界
xià què jiè

(math.) infimum; greatest lower bound

界限
jiè xiàn

boundary

教育界
jiào yù jiè

academic world

国界
guó jiè

national boundary

外界
wài jiè

the outside world

世界野生生物基金会
shì jiè yě shēng shēng wù jī jīn huì

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

电影界
diàn yǐng jiè

moviedom

冥界
míng jiè

ghost world

眼界
yǎn jiè

ken

西方极乐世界
xī fāng jí lè shì jiè

Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or Sukhavati (Sanskrit)

世界强国
shì jiè qiáng guó

world power

世界屋脊
shì jiè wū jǐ

the roof of the world (usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[qīng zàng gāo yuán])

极乐世界
jí lè shì jiè

paradise (mainly Buddhist)

定界符
dìng jiè fú

delimiter (computing)

世界闻名
shì jiè wén míng

world famous

同一个世界,同一个梦想
tóng yī gè shì jiè , tóng yī gè mèng xiǎng

One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games

世界地图
shì jiè dì tú

world map

艺能界
yì néng jiè

show business

世界维吾尔代表大会
shì jiè wéi wú ěr dài biǎo dà huì

World Uighur Congress

临界点
lín jiè diǎn

critical point

指界
zhǐ jiè

determination of cadastral parcel boundaries

古北界
gǔ běi jiè

Palearctic realm

临界
lín jiè

critical

省界
shěng jiè

provincial boundary

全世界
quán shì jiè

worldwide

世界卫生组织
shì jiè wèi shēng zǔ zhī

World Health Organization (WHO)

各界人士
gè jiè rén shì

all walks of life

标界
biāo jiè

to demarcate a boundary

境界
jìng jiè

boundary

蜚声世界
fēi shēng shì jiè

famous throughout the world

界面
jiè miàn

contact surface

视界
shì jiè

field of vision

澳新界
ào xīn jiè

Australasian realm

世界旅游组织
shì jiè lǚ yóu zǔ zhī

World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

世界语
shì jiè yǔ

Esperanto

图形用户界面
tú xíng yòng hù jiè miàn

graphical user interface (GUI)

东洋界
dōng yáng jiè

Indomalayan realm

人机界面
rén jī jiè miàn

user interface

宏观世界
hóng guān shì jiè

macrocosm

自然界
zì rán jiè

nature

权界
quán jiè

extent of one's rights

边界层
biān jiè céng

boundary layer

世界文化遗产地
shì jiè wén huà yí chǎn dì

World Heritage site

租界
zū jiè

foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries)

新北界
xīn běi jiè

Nearctic realm

天界
tiān jiè

heaven

世界博览会
shì jiè bó lǎn huì

World Expo

南极界
nán jí jiè

Antarctic realm

界定
jiè dìng

definition

世界
shì jiè

world

国界线
guó jiè xiàn

national border

学界
xué jiè

academic world

世界海关组织
shì jiè hǎi guān zǔ zhī

World Customs Organization

生物界
shēng wù jiè

biosphere

有界
yǒu jiè

bounded

世界大战
shì jiè dà zhàn

world war

界河
jiè hé

border river (between countries or regions)

世界观
shì jiè guān

worldview

界首市
jiè shǒu shì

Jieshou, county-level city in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳[fù yáng], Anhui

世界金融中心
shì jiè jīn róng zhōng xīn

World Financial Center (New York City)

界线
jiè xiàn

limits

舆论界
yú lùn jiè

media

第一次世界大战
dì yī cì shì jiè dà zhàn

World War One

世界知识产权组织
shì jiè zhī shí chǎn quán zǔ zhī

World Intellectual Property Organization

非洲界
fēi zhōu jiè

Afrotropical realm

世界银行
shì jiè yín háng

World Bank

边界线
biān jiè xiàn

boundary line

世界各地
shì jiè gè dì

all over the world

记者无国界
jì zhě wú guó jiè

Reporters Without Borders (pressure group)

分界线
fēn jiè xiàn

dividing line

菌界
jūn jiè

fungus (taxonomic kingdom)

勘界
kān jiè

boundary survey

业界标准
yè jiè biāo zhǔn

industry standard

世界人权宣言
shì jiè rén quán xuān yán

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

底界
dǐ jiè

lower boundary

无国界记者
wú guó jiè jì zhě

Reporters Without Borders (pressure group)

超临界
chāo lín jiè

supercritical

新闻界
xīn wén jiè

the press

定界
dìng jiè

demarcation

政界
zhèng jiè

political and government circles

世界运动会
shì jiè yùn dòng huì

World Games

商界
shāng jiè

business world

二次世界大战
èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn

World War Two

埃塞俄比亚界
āi sài é bǐ yà jiè

Ethiopian Zone, aka Afrotropical realm

半间不界
bàn gān bù gà

shallow

二人世界
èr rén shì jiè

world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple)

界尺
jiè chǐ

ungraduated ruler

张家界市
zhāng jiā jiè shì

Zhangjiajie, prefecture-level city in Hunan

世界报
shì jiè bào

the name of various newspapers, notably Le Monde (France), El Mundo (Spain) and Die Welt (Germany)

事界
shì jiè

event horizon

世界经济论坛
shì jiè jīng jì lùn tán

World Economic Forum

临界状态
lín jiè zhuàng tài

critical state

无国界医生
wú guó jiè yī shēng

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF charity)

传输媒界
chuán shū méi jiè

transport method

工商界
gōng shāng jiè

industry

新热带界
xīn rè dài jiè

Neotropic (ecozone)

县界
xiàn jiè

county border; county line

第二次世界大战
dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn

World War II

帧首定界符
zhēn shǒu dìng jiè fú

start frame delimiter (SFD)

三千大千世界
sān qiān dà qiān shì jiè

cosmos (Buddhism)

世界贸易组织
shì jiè mào yì zǔ zhī

World Trade Organization (WTO)

灵的世界
líng de shì jiè

spirit world

界画
jiè huà

accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art)

界别
jiè bié

to divide up into different zones

世界贸易中心
shì jiè mào yì zhōng xīn

World Trade Center

各界
gè jiè

all walks of life; all social circles

世界级
shì jiè jí

world-class

跨界
kuà jiè

to go beyond the border; to be transboundary

周游世界
zhōu yóu shì jiè

to travel around the world

仙界
xiān jiè

world of the immortals; a fairyland; a paradise

州界
zhōu jiè

state border; state line

世界卫生大会
shì jiè wèi shēng dà huì

World Health Assembly

与全世界为敌
yǔ quán shì jiè wéi dí

to fight the whole world (idiom)

下界
xià jiè

lower bound (math.)

世界贸易
shì jiè mào yì

world trade

悲惨世界
bēi cǎn shì jiè

Les Misérables (1862) by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[wéi kè duō · yǔ guǒ]

交界
jiāo jiè

common boundary

开眼界
kāi yǎn jiè

broaden, expand one's horizons

张家界
zhāng jiā jiè

Zhangjiajie, prefecture-level city in Hunan, formerly Dayong 大庸[dà yōng]

世界末日
shì jiè mò rì

end of the world

灵界
líng jiè

spiritual world

上界
shàng jiè

upper bound

学术界
xué shù jiè

academic circles

界首
jiè shǒu

Jieshou, county-level city in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳[fù yáng], Anhui

结界
jié jiè

(Buddhism) to designate the boundaries of a sacred place within which monks are to be trained; a place so designated

世界杯
shì jiè bēi

World Cup

演艺界
yǎn yì jiè

the entertainment world; show business

世界纪录
shì jiè jì lù

world record

越出界线
yuè chū jiè xiàn

to exceed

世界第一
shì jiè dì yī

ranked number one in the world

限界线
xiàn jiè xiàn

boundary