極限

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
• Min Nan (POJ): ke̍k-hān / kia̍k-hǎn / ke̍k-ān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jíxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishiann
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jísiàn
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕjɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gik⁶ haan⁶
    • Yale: gihk haahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁹ haan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig⁶ han⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚² häːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (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): /kiak̚²⁴⁻²² 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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (極限):

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

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) きょくげん [kyòkúgéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) きょくげ​ん [kyòkúgéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

極限 (hiragana きょくげん, rōmaji kyokugen)

1. limit

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
極	限

Noun

極限 • (geukhan) (hangeul 극한)

1. Hanja form^? of 극한.