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境

jìng

HSK 3 Character

What 境 means

1. border
2. place
3. condition
4. boundary
5. circumstances
6. territory

Example sentences

• 我身陷困境。
  Wǒ shēnxiàn kùnjìng.
  I am in a tight place.
• 我处在绝境。
  Wǒ chǔzài juéjìng.
  I'm in a desperate situation.
• 逆境出人才。
  Nìjìng chū réncái.
  Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
• 你在陷入困境。
  You're getting into deep water.
• 这是环境灾害。
  It's an environmental disaster.
• 那环境影响呢？
  What about the environmental impact?

Words starting with 境

• 境界jìng jièboundary; state; realm
• 境内jìng nèiwithin the borders; internal (to a country, province, city etc); domestic
• 境外jìng wàioutside (a country's) borders
• 境地jìng dìcircumstances
• 境遇jìng yùcircumstance
• 境况jìng kuàngcircumstances
• 境域jìng yùterritory; domain; realm; state; condition; situation; circumstances
• 境内外jìng nèi wàiwithin and without the borders; domestic and foreign; home and abroad
• 境由心生jìng yóu xīn shēngour mindset frames how we view the world

Words containing 境

• 环境huán jìngenvironment; circumstances; surroundings
• 处境chǔ jìngsituation (of a person)
• 边境biān jìngfrontier; border
• 入境rù jìngto enter a country
• 困境kùn jìngpredicament; plight
• 心境xīn jìngmood; mental state; frame of mind
• 梦境mèng jìngdreamland
• 出境chū jìngto leave a country or region; outbound (tourism)
• 意境yì jìngartistic mood or conception; creative concept
• 家境jiā jìngfamily financial situation; family circumstances
• 情境qíng jìngsituation; context; setting; environment
• 语境yǔ jìngcontext
• 仙境xiān jìngfairyland; wonderland; paradise
• 出入境chū rù jìngto leave or enter a country
• 过境guò jìngto pass through a country's territory; transit
• 逆境nì jìngadversity; predicament
• 环境污染huán jìng wū rǎnenvironmental pollution
• 绝境jué jìngdesperate straits
• 国境guó jìngnational border; frontier
• 身临其境shēn lín qí jìng(idiom) to experience it for oneself; to actually *be* there…
• 窘境jiǒng jìngawkward situation; predicament
• 幻境huàn jìngland of fantasy; fairyland
• 离境lí jìngto leave a country (or place)
• 险境xiǎn jìngcritical circumstances; risky conditions; danger zone

Characters built on 竟

These share the phonetic component 竟 (jìng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 镜jìngmirror; lens
• 獍jìnga mythical animal that eats its mother

Characters that look like 境

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 模móto imitate; model; norm
• 填tiánto fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
• 横hénghorizontal; across; crosswise
• 镀dùto plate (with gold, silver etc); (prefix) -plated
• 槿jǐnHibiscus syriacus; transient
• 缦mànplain thin silk; slow; unadorned

Sounds the same

Read jìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 静still; calm; quiet
• 净clean; completely; only
• 竟unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to
• 竞to compete; to contend; to struggle
• 镜mirror; lens
• 敬(bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
• 径footpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter
• 靓to make up (one's face); to dress; (of one's dress) beautiful
• 靖(bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress
• 婧(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented
• 劲stalwart; sturdy; strong
• 迳used in personal names and place names