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

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

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
(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])^[1]
(Tokyo) きょくげん [kyòkúgéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [kʲo̞kɯ̟ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

極(きょく)限(げん) • (kyokugen)

limit

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
極	限

Noun

極限 • (geukhan) (hangeul 극한)

hanja form^? of 극한