境 (jìng): border, situation
境 (jìng) is a Chinese character meaning “border, situation.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 土 (semantic) and 竟 (phonetic). It ranks #582 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 境 earth. Its radical form 土 (earth) appears in many related characters such as 在 (zài, to exist), 地 (dì, earth, ground), 场 (chǎng, field, place).
Definitions
- border, situation
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 境
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 环境noun | huán jìng | environment | 3 |
| 出境verb | chū jìng | to leave a country or region | 6 |
| 入境verb | rù jìng | to enter a country | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 处境 | chǔ jìng | situation (of a person) |
| 边境 | biān jìng | frontier |
| 困境 | kùn jìng | predicament |
| 境地 | jìng dì | circumstances |
| 梦境 | mèng jìng | dreamland |
| 险境 | xiǎn jìng | critical circumstances |
| 境界 | jìng jiè | boundary |
| 仙境 | xiān jìng | fairyland |
| 境况 | jìng kuàng | circumstances |
| 境内 | jìng nèi | within the borders |
| 绝境 | jué jìng | desperate straits |
| 逆境 | nì jìng | adversity |
| 境遇 | jìng yù | circumstance |
| 过境 | guò jìng | to pass through a country's territory |
| 窘境 | jiǒng jìng | awkward situation |
境 appears in 93 compound words: 10 as the first character, 65 as the last, and 26 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 境 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (15)
the issue is in the past and the situation has changed; things change with the passage of time
Showing 12 of 15 idioms containing 境.
Example Sentences
由于疫情，很多人无法出境旅游，只能选择国内游。
Yóuyú yìqíng, hěn duō rén wúfǎ chūjìng lǚyóu, zhǐ néng xuǎnzé guónèi yóu.
Due to the pandemic, many people cannot travel abroad and can only choose domestic travel.
正论:留港消费情已逝 出境外游按年升
zhèng lùn : liú gǎng xiāo fèi qíng yǐ shì chū jìng wài yóu àn nián shēng
Commentary: Consumption in Hong Kong is gone, and outbound travel is increasing year-on-year
花样年境外债重组 终获债权人批准
huā yàng nián jìng wài zhài chóng zǔ zhōng huò zhài quán rén pī zhǔn
Fantasia's overseas debt restructuring was finally approved by creditors
从投行看大陆/VIE架构境外上市备案实务
cóng tóu háng kàn dà lù V I E jià gòu jìng wài shàng shì bèi àn shí wù
From the perspective of investment banks, the mainland/VIE structure overseas listing filing practice
斯洛伐克政府因乌克兰中断俄罗斯石油过境运输,宣布自..
sī 洛 fá kè zhèng fǔ yīn wū kè lán zhōng duàn é luó sī shí yóu guò jìng yùn shū , xuān bù zì . .
The Government of Slovakia, in response to Ukraine's interruption of Russian oil transit, has announced that since...
新春跨境消费实现“丝滑”扫码,解锁人民币“走出去...
xīn chūn kuà jìng xiāo fèi shí xiàn sī huá sǎo mǎ , xiè suǒ rén mín bì zǒu chū qù . . .
New Year's cross-border consumption to realize the "silky smooth" code, unlocking the RMB "go out...
你有没有体验过虚拟实境？
Nǐ yǒuméiyǒu tǐyàn guo xūnǐshíjìng?
Have you ever tried virtual reality?
我怎么才能摆脱这种困境？
Wǒ zěnme cáinéng bǎituō zhèzhǒng kùnjìng?
How do I get out of this mess?
我们应该尽力不要污染环境。
Wǒmen yīnggāi jìnlì bù yào wūrǎn huánjìng.
We ought to do our best not to pollute our environment.
人类是环境的产物。
Rénlèi shì huánjìng de chǎnwù.
Man is a creature of circumstances.
Character Family
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