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
- 偏极滤光镜(偏極濾光鏡) polarizing filter
- 极短篇小说(極短篇小說) flash fiction
- 阴极(陰極) negative node; cathode
- 太极剑(太極劍) a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
- 北极鸥(北極鷗) glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus)
- 南极圈(南極圈) Antarctic circle
- 电极(電極) an electrode
- 极峰(極峰) mountain peak ; president
- 积极(積極) proactive; active; energetic; vigorous ; positive
- 太极拳(太極拳) taiji
- 终极(終極) to finally end
- 发光二极体(發光二極體) light-emitting diode (LED)
- 阴极射线管(陰極射線管) cathode ray tube
- 极度(極度) extremely; to the limit
- 极右翼(極右翼) extreme right (politics)
- 极力(極力) to do one's utmost
- 两极(兩極) the two poles ; positive and negative poles ; two extremes
- 极大值(極大值) maximum value
- 偶极(偶極) dipole (e.g. magnetic dipole)
- 极角(極角) polar angle; argument (angle in polar coordinates)
- 极目远望(極目遠望) as far as the eye can see
- 二极管(二極管) diode; vacuum tube
- 环极涡旋(環極渦旋) circumpolar vortex
- 光电二极体(光電二極體) photodiode
- 乐极悲生(樂極悲生) extreme happiness turns to sorrow
- 北极地区(北極地區) the Artic
- 极地(極地) polar region
- 极光(極光) aurora
- 南北极(南北極) south and north poles
- 极量(極量) maximum dose
- 极东(極東) the Far East; East Asia
- 单极(單極) unipolar; monopole
- 极北(極北) extreme north
- 太极(太極) Supreme Ultimate ; too extreme ; Heaven; World of the Immortals ; Taiji
- 偏极镜(偏極鏡) polarizing lens; polarizer
- 极坐标系(極座標系) system of polar coordinates
- 积极反应(積極反應) active response; energetic response
- 激光二极管(激光二極管) laser diode
- 极限运动(極限運動) extreme sport
- 极地气候(極地氣候) polar climate
- 无所不用其极(無所不用其極) committing all manner of crimes; completely unscrupulous
- 极权(極權) totalitarian
- 盛极一时(盛極一時) all the rage for a time; grand fashion for a limited time
Also contained in
民极 、 皇极经世 、 相符极成 、 皇太极 、 太极图说 、 能别不极成过 、 无极县 、 所别不极成
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