极 (極) jí
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jí
adverb
extremely; very
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 很 or 甚. 极 is one of the few adverbs that can act as a complement, placed after an adjective or verb, followed by the particle 了. It may be used in this sense in both modern and Literary Chinese. For exmaple, 美极了 'very beautiful' (Guoyu '極' adv 2; Mathews 1931 '極', p. 64; Norman 1988, p. 127; Unihan '極'). -
jí
adverb
utmost; furthest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Comparison
Notes: In the sense of 最高 or 最大 (Guoyu '極' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '極' 4, p. 185; Mathews 1931 '極', p. 64; Unihan '極') -
jí
noun
extremity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 尽头 (Guoyu '極' n 2; Kroll 2015 '極' 3, p. 185; Mathews 1931 '極', p. 64) -
jí
noun
ridge-beam of a roof
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 极 is synonymous with 栋 in this sense. Etymology (Shuo Wen): 極:棟也。 (Kroll 2015 '極' 1, p. 185; Mathews 1931 '極', p. 64) -
jí
verb
to exhaust
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 极 is synonymous with 栋 in this sense (Guoyu '極' v; Kroll 2015 '極' 3a, p. 185) -
jí
noun
a standard principle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '極' 1a) -
jí
noun
pinnacle; summit; highpoint
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '極' 2, p. 185; Mathews 1931 '極', p. 64) -
jí
noun
pole
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 南极 'south pole' and 北极 'north pole' (Guoyu '極' n 3; Mathews 1931 '極', p. 64) -
jí
noun
throne
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 君位 (Guoyu '極' n 1) -
jí
adjective
urgent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 亟 (Kroll 2015 '極' 5, p. 185) -
jí
noun
an electrical pole; a node
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Physics
Notes: As in the positive and negative nodes of a battery (Guoyu '極' n 4)
Contained in
- 极为(極為) extremely; exceedingly
- 极小(極小) minimal; extremely small
- 极短篇小说(極短篇小說) flash fiction
- 偏极化(偏極化) polarization; polarized
- 极端(極端) extreme point; extremity ; exceedingly; extremely ; furthest
- 极限运动(極限運動) extreme sport
- 极星(極星) pole star
- 太极拳(太極拳) taiji
- 蹦极(蹦極) bungee jumping
- 偏极镜(偏極鏡) polarizing lens; polarizer
- 激光二极管(激光二極管) laser diode
- 极细小(極細小) extremely small; infinitesimal
- 高官极品(高官極品) highest official rank
- 极化(極化) polarization
- 极右翼(極右翼) extreme right (politics)
- 极限(極限) a limit; an extreme
- 穷奢极侈(窮奢極侈) extravagant in the extreme
- 极目远望(極目遠望) as far as the eye can see
- 偏极(偏極) polarity; polarized (light)
- 三极管(三極管) a transistor
- 太极(太極) Supreme Ultimate ; too extreme ; Heaven; World of the Immortals ; Taiji
- 南北极(南北極) south and north poles
- 积极抵抗(積極抵抗) to actively resist
- 极北柳莺(極北柳鶯) Arctic warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)
- 极超(極超) hyper-; ultra-
- 极好(極好) fabulous; superb ; extremely good
- 罪大恶极(罪大惡極) guilty of terrible crimes ; reprehensible
- 多极化(多極化) multi-polarization; multipolarization; multi-polarity; multipolar; pluralization
- 环极涡旋(環極渦旋) circumpolar vortex
- 极北(極北) extreme north
- 红极一时(紅極一時) tremendously popular for a while
- 积极(積極) proactive; active; energetic; vigorous ; positive
- 极东(極東) the Far East; East Asia
- 磁极(磁極) magnetic pole
- 偏极滤光镜(偏極濾光鏡) polarizing filter
- 阴极射线(陰極射線) to discharge from a negative node
- 两极分化(兩極分化) polarization
- 践极(踐極) to take the throne
- 极右分子(極右份子) an extreme right-winger
- 阳电极(陽電極) anode; positive electrode (i.e. attracting electrons)
- 登峰造极(登峰造極) to climb to great heights in extreme achievements
- 极坐标系(極座標系) system of polar coordinates
- 光电二极体(光電二極體) photodiode
- 极目(極目) to fill one's vision; as far as the eye can see
Also contained in
无极县 、 都勃极烈 、 勃极烈 、 极客 、 俱不极成 、 民极 、 三极
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