極夜

Chinese

		utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit	night
trad. (極夜)		極	夜
simp. (极夜)		极	夜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíyè

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gik⁶ je⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jíyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jíyè
  - Wade–Giles: chi²-yeh⁴
  - Yale: jí-yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiyeh
  - Palladius: цзие (czije)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    即夜
    極夜 / 极夜
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gik⁶ je⁶
  - Yale: gihk yeh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁹ je⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gig⁶ yé⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚² jɛː²²/

Noun

極夜

polar night
Synonym: 永夜

Antonyms

極晝／极昼 (jízhòu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
極	夜
きょく Grade: 4	や Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きょくや [kyóꜜkùyà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [kʲo̞kɯ̟ja̠]

Noun

極(きょく)夜(や) • (kyokuya)

polar night
極(きょく)夜(や)の騎(き)士(し)ガイア
Kyokuya no Kishi Gaia
Gaia, Knight of the Polar Night

See also

白(びゃく)夜(や) (byakuya)