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境
Mandarin · pinyin jìng
Meanings
- border
- place
- condition
- boundary
- circumstances
- territory
Characters in this entry
- 境
- jìng · boundary, frontier; area, region
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Mandarin tones
4 · jing4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 3 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ging2
Cantonese word readings for 境. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- border; boundary; frontier
- place; area; region
- condition; situation
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