極樂

極樂

See also: 极乐

Chinese

		utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful
trad. (極樂)		極	樂
simp. (极乐)		极	乐

Etymology 1

Translation of Sanskrit सुखावती (sukhāvatī, “full of joy; blissful”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jílè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gik⁶ lok⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khi̍t-lo̍k
• Min Nan (POJ): ke̍k-lo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jílè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jílè
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-lê⁴
    • Yale: jí-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyileh
    • Palladius: цзилэ (czilɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gik⁶ lok⁶
    • Yale: gihk lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁹ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig⁶ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚² lɔːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khi̍t-lo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: kid log
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kid⁶ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰit̚⁵ lok̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke̍k-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ki̍k-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keglok
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴/

Noun

極樂

1. (Buddhism) bliss; paradise

Derived terms

極樂世界／极乐世界 (jílè shìjiè)

極樂鳥／极乐鸟 (jílèniǎo)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (極樂):

• → Japanese: 極楽(ごくらく) (gokuraku)
• → Korean: 극락(極樂) (geungnak)
• → Vietnamese: cực lạc (極樂)

Etymology 2

		utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful
trad. (極樂)		極	樂
simp. (极乐)		极	乐
alternative forms		奇樂／奇乐

Noun

極樂

1. (Hakka) spinning top

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 陀螺 (“spinning top”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陀螺
Mandarin	Beijing	漢奸
	Taiwan	陀螺
	Chengdu	地轉轉兒, 地轉子, 牛牛兒, 牛牛, 賤皮子
	Guiyang	格螺
	Yangzhou	牛
	Nanjing	地陀, 下流胚
	Singapore	陀螺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擰螺, 定螺, 陀螺, 車乜
	Hong Kong	陀螺
	Taishan	菱角, 擰螺
Gan	Nanchang	陀螺
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	極樂
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	極樂仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	極樂仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	極樂仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	極樂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	極樂仔, 極樂
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	摔
Huizhou	Jixi	賤鞭螺
Jin	Xinzhou	猴兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	榛迷
Min Nan	Xiamen	矸轆
	Quanzhou	矸轆
	Zhangzhou	矸螺
	Taipei	矸轆
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	矸轆
	Kaohsiung	矸轆
	Yilan	矸轆
	Changhua (Lukang)	矸轆
	Taichung	矸轆
	Tainan	矸轆
	Hsinchu	矸轆
	Kinmen	矸轆
	Penghu (Magong)	矸轆, 柴佛
	Manila (Hokkien)	矸轆
	Longyan	陀螺
	Haikou	牛六
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	陀螺
Xiang	Changsha	得螺
	Loudi	地擂公

Derived terms

極樂仔／极乐仔