Move your mouse over the text to see pop-up windows.
Pronunciation
世界 ( shì jiè ) 沙漠 ( shā mò ) 的 ( de ) 面积 ( miàn ji ) 在 ( zài ) 扩大 ( kuò dà ) 温度 ( wēn dù ) 更高 ( gèng gāo ) 更加 ( gèng jiā ) 干燥 ( gān zào ) 而且 ( ér qiě ) 在 ( zài ) 以 ( yǐ ) 史无前例 ( shǐ wú qián lì ) 的 ( de ) 速度 ( sù dù ) 变化 ( biàn huà ) 着 ( zhāo )
世 (せい) (ctr) (1) counter for generations; (n,n-suf) (2) (geological) epoch [EDICT] (よ) (n) world; society; age; generation; (P) [EDICT] (shì, ㄕˋ ) life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime [CE-DICT]
界 (かい) (n) (1) (biological) kingdom; (2) erathem (rock layer corresponding to the era in which it was deposited); (3) partition of land; (suf) (4) the world of (some category) [EDICT] (さかい(P);きょう(境)) (n) (1) (usu. さかい) border; boundary; (2) (usu. きょう) area; region; spot; space; environment; (3) (usu. きょう) psychological state; mental state; (4) (きょう only) {Buddh} cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind; (P) [EDICT] (jiè, ㄐㄧㄝˋ ) boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy) [CE-DICT]
温 (ぬく) (n) (arch) (derog) (See 温い・1) idiot; dummy; slow person [EDICT] (wēn, ㄨㄣ ) warm; lukewarm; to review; surname Wen [CE-DICT]
度 (たび(P);たんび) (n,n-suf,ctr) time (three times, each time, etc.); times; (P) [EDICT] (ど) (n,n-suf) (1) degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); (ctr) (2) counter for occurrences and times; (3) strength (of alcohol); (P) [EDICT] (dù, ㄉㄨˋ ) capacity; degree; degrees (of temperature); standard [CE-DICT] (duó, ㄉㄨㄛˊ ) estimate [CE-DICT]
更 (こもごも) (adv) (uk) alternately; in succession [EDICT] (こう) (n) (See 五更) one-fifth of the night (approx. 2 hours) [EDICT] (ふけ) (n,n-suf) growing late; latening [EDICT] (さら;あら(新);にい(新)) (n,adj-no) (1) (さら only) (arch) new (i.e. brand-new, never used); (pref) (2) new; (adj-na) (3) (更 only) obvious; natural [EDICT] (gēng, ㄍㄥ ) to change [CE-DICT] (gèng, ㄍㄥˋ ) more; even more; further; still; still more [CE-DICT]
加 (か) (n) (1) addition; increase; (2) (abbr) (See 加奈陀) Canada; (P) [EDICT] (jiā, ㄐㄧㄚ ) to add; plus; abbr. for Canada 加拿大 [CE-DICT]
而 (ér, ㄦˊ ) and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) [CE-DICT]
且 (qiě, ㄑㄧㄝˇ ) further; moreover [CE-DICT]