淨界

Chinese

		to purify; to cleanse	realm; abode
trad. (淨界)		淨	界
simp. (净界)		净	界

Etymology

Calque of French purgatoire or Italian purgatorio, first used by Wang Weike (王維克) in his translation of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy based on French and Italian texts [1948].

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìngjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìngjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìngjiè
  - Wade–Giles: ching⁴-chieh⁴
  - Yale: jìng-jyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqjieh
  - Palladius: цзинцзе (czincze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Noun

淨界

(religion, mythology, chiefly literary or poetic) purgatory

See also

煉獄／炼狱 (liànyù, “purgatory”)

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