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
- 四极重感堕罪(四極重感墮罪) four grievous sins; four pārājikas
- 极乐国土(極樂國土) Land of Bliss; Sukhāvatī
- 夫宗极绝于称谓(夫宗極絕於稱謂) the ultimate meaning of a school's teaching cannot be described in words
- 度无极(度無極) paramita; perfection
- 禅度无极(禪度無極) dhyana-paramita; the paramita of meditative concentration
- 西方极乐净土(西方極樂淨土) Western Pureland
- 极乐世界(極樂世界) Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss ; Western Pure Land; Sukhāvatī
- 六度无极(六度無極) six perfections
- 所别不极成过(所別不極成過) the mistake of using an assumption that has not been agreed upon
- 六度无极经(六度無極經) Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections
- 杂无极经(雜無極經) Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections
Also contained in
积极分子 、 盛极一时 、 无极 、 北极星 、 极深研几 、 极值 、 极短篇小说 、 太极剑 、 极径 、 极地 、 极辣 、 三极管 、 极盛时期 、 极光 、 激光二极管 、 极度 、 多极化 、 偏极 、 电极 、 极端 、 极处 、 极为庞大 、 极坐标系 、 极目远望 、 极客 、 乐极则悲 、 极南 、 积极性 、 极好 、 北极 、 穷奢极侈 、 极化 、 极力 、 积极抵抗 、 阳电极 、 阴极射线 、 终极 、 极多 、 极小 、 极端分子
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 32 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 85 , has parallel version
- Scroll 65 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 72 , has parallel version
- Scroll 128 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 72 , has parallel version
- Scroll 1 Fo Shuo Bao Rulai Sanmei Jing 佛說寶如來三昧經 — count: 65
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 55
- Scroll 8 Fo Shuo Li Shi Apitan Lun 佛說立世阿毘曇論 — count: 50
- Scroll 1 Wu Ji Bao Sanmei Jing 無極寶三昧經 — count: 49
- Scroll 345 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 45 , has parallel version
- Scroll 590 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 44 , has parallel version
- Scroll 21 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 43 , has parallel version