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jìng = ji + (e)ng4
border / place / condition / boundary / circumstances / territory
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How to pronounce 境

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ji initial

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ (e)ng4 final

In the engine’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

境 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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= tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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jìng = ji + (e)ng4
unexpectedly / actually / to go so far as to / indeed
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Characters with 境 as component

境 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 境

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environment / circumstances / surroundings / CL:個|个[ge4] / ambient
situation (of a person)
frontier / border

Sentences with 境

zhè
tiān
shàng
nǎi
shì
shén
xiān
jìng
jiè

Want to remember 境 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

jìng

border / place / condition / boundary / circumstances / territory

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