極限

See also: 极限

Chinese

		utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit	limit; bound
trad. (極限)		極	限
simp. (极限)		极	限

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gik⁶ haan⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ke̍k-hān / kia̍k-hǎn / ke̍k-ān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jísiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: jí-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishiann
    • Palladius: цзисянь (czisjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gik⁶ haan⁶
    • Yale: gihk haahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁹ haan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig⁶ han⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚² haːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke̍k-hān
    • Tâi-lô: ki̍k-hān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keghan
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² han³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² han²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kia̍k-hǎn
    • Tâi-lô: kia̍k-hǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚²⁴⁻² han²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke̍k-ān
    • Tâi-lô: ki̍k-ān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keg'an
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ an²²/

Noun

極限

1. limit; maximum

   挑戰自己的極限／挑战自己的极限  ―  tiǎozhàn zìjǐ de jíxiàn  ―  to challenge one's limits

2. (mathematics) limit

Derived terms

• 極限環／极限环 (jíxiànhuán)
• 極限運動／极限运动 (jíxiàn yùndòng)

 

Related terms

• 有極／有极 (yǒují)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (極限):

• → Japanese: 極限(きょくげん) (kyokugen)
• → Korean: 극한(極限) (geukhan)
• → Vietnamese: cực hạn (極限)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
極	限
きょく Grade: 4	げん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょくげん [kyòkúgéń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) きょくげ​ん [kyòkúgéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

極(きょく)限(げん) • (kyokugen) 

1. limit

Korean

Hanja in this term
極	限

Noun

極限 • (geukhan) (hangeul 극한)

1. Hanja form^? of 극한.