分野

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	field; plain; open space field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild
trad. (分野)		分	野
simp. #(分野)		分	野

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnyě

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ je⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun-iá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēnyě
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fenyě
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹-yeh³
    • Yale: fēn-yě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenyee
    • Palladius: фэнье (fɛnʹje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ je⁵
    • Yale: fān yéh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ je⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ yé⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ jɛː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-iá
    • Tâi-lô: hun-iá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hun'iar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² ia⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ ia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² ia⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ ia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ ia⁴¹/

Noun

分野

1. demarcation; borderline; dividing line
2. (archaic, Chinese astronomy, astrology) division of the sky into zones (especially for astrological association with the lands of China)

   • 熒惑，天罰也；心，宋分野，禍且當君。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     荧惑，天罚也；心，宋分野，祸且当君。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE

     Yínghuò, tiānfá yě; xīn, Sòng fēnyě, huò qiě dāng jūn. [Pinyin]

     Dazzling Deluder is Heaven’s executioner. Heart is the portion of the heavens that corresponds to Song. Some catastrophe awaits your lordship.

Synonyms

• (demarcation):

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• 地界 (dìjiè)
• 界線 / 界线 (jièxiàn)
• 界限 (jièxiàn)
• 畛域 (zhěnyù) (literary)
• 痕敦 (Hokkien)

 

• (astrological division of the sky): 十二次 (shí'èrcì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
分	野
ぶん Grade: 2	や Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

分(ぶん)野(や) • (bun'ya) 

1. field, sphere (of work), area (of study)
2. the area of one person's focus of work or study

Synonyms

• 領域(りょういき) (ryōiki, “region”)
• 専門(せんもん) (senmon, “speciality”)
• 範囲(はんい) (han'i, “range”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
分	野

Noun

分野 • (bunya) (hangeul 분야)

1. hanja form^? of 분야