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北极

běi jí

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 北極

北极 (běi jí) means "the North Pole, the Arctic". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 北极 means

1. the North Pole
2. the north magnetic pole

The characters in 北极

• 北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated
• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost

Example sentences

• 到北极可不容易。
  Dào běijí kěbu róngyì.
  To reach the North Pole is not easy.
• 北极熊正在死去。
  Běijíxióng zhèngzài sǐqù.
  The polar bears are dying.
• 圣诞老人住在北极。
  Santa lives at the North Pole.
• 北极与南极的温度不一样。
  Běijí yǔ nánjí de wēndù bù yīyàng.
  The temperature at the North Pole is different from at the South Pole.
• 数月后，牠们回到了北极的繁殖地。
  Shùyuè hòu, tā men huídào le běijí de fánzhí de.
  A few months later they return to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.
• 数月后，它们回到了北极的繁殖地。
  A few months later they return to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.

Words starting with 北极

• 北极熊běi jí xióngpolar bear
• 北极光běi jí guāngnorthern lights; aurora borealis
• 北极星Běi jí xīngNorth Star; Polaris
• 北极圈Běi jí quānArctic Circle
• 北极狐běi jí húarctic fox
• 北极鸥běi jí ōu(bird species of China) glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus)

Words containing 北极

• 南北极nán běi jísouth and north poles

Where 北极 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bēi–běn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read běi jí correctly.
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