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巨

jù

HSK 5 Character

What 巨 means

1. very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic
2. colloquialvery; extremely

Other readings

巨 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jùvariant of {巨|jù}

Example sentences

• 压力很巨大。
  The pressure was tremendous.
• 木星非常巨大。
  Jupiter is very huge.
• 莎米听到巨响。
  Sami heard a thump.
• 木星相当巨大。
  Jupiter is quite huge.
• 它发出巨响爆炸了。
  Tā fāchū jùxiǎng bàozhà le.
  It exploded with a loud noise.
• 大象是巨大的动物。
  The elephant is an enormous creature.

Words starting with 巨

• 巨大jù dàhuge; immense; enormous; gigantic
• 巨人jù réngiant
• 巨额jù éa huge sum; an enormous amount (of money)
• 巨头jù tóutycoon; magnate; big player (including company, country, school etc)
• 巨星jù xīng(astronomy) giant star; (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc)
• 巨型jù xínggiant; enormous
• 巨响jù xiǎngloud sound
• 巨石jù shíhuge rock; boulder; monolith
• 巨资jù zīhuge investment; vast sum
• 巨款jù kuǎnhuge sum of money
• 巨蟹Jù xièCancer (star sign)
• 巨变jù biàngreat changes
• 巨幅jù fúextremely large (of paintings, photographs etc)
• 巨龙jù lónggigantic dragon (lit. and fig.); titanosaur (abbr. for 泰坦巨龙; (slang) big dick
• 巨子jù zǐ(Mohism) master; leader; an authority; a prominent figure; tycoon; magnate
• 巨匠jù jiànggreat master (of literature, music etc)
• 巨无霸jù wú bàgiant; leviathan
• 巨轮jù lúnlarge ship; large wheel
• 巨富jù fùenormous sum; millionaire; very rich
• 巨流jù liústrong current
• 巨细jù xìbig and small
• 巨著jù zhùmonumental (literary) work
• 巨蛋jù dànoval-shaped stadium; dome; arena
• 巨量jù liànghuge quantity; massive

Words containing 巨

• 艰巨jiān jù(of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult; challenging; demanding
• 事无巨细shì wú jù xìlit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom)…
• 甚巨shèn jù(usu. of an adverse effect) immense; considerable; substantial
• 红巨星hóng jù xīngred giant (star)
• 泰坦巨龙tài tǎn jù lóngtitanosaur
• 独眼巨人dú yǎn jù réncyclops
• 红超巨星hóng chāo jù xīngred supergiant (star)
• 创巨痛深chuāng jù tòng shēn(idiom) deeply distressed
• 蓝巨星lán jù xīngblue giant star
• 富商巨贾fù shāng jù gǔ(idiom) tycoon; magnate
• 艰巨性jiān jù xìngarduousness; formidability; difficulty
• 文学巨匠wén xué jù jiàngliterary master
• 老奸巨猾lǎo jiān jù huácunning; crafty; wily old fox
• 草原巨蜥cǎo yuán jù xīSavannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)
• 红嘴巨鸥hóng zuǐ jù ōu(bird species of China) Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
• 百眼巨人bǎi yǎn jù rénhundred-eyed monster
• 二连巨盗龙èr lián jù dào lóngGigantoraptor erlianensis (a giant bird-like dinosaur found in Erlian in Inner Mongolia)
• 老奸巨滑lǎo jiān jù huávariant of 老奸巨猾

Characters that look like 巨

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 区qūarea; region; district
• 民mín(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
• 厄èdistressed
• 匝zā(literary) to encircle; to go around; to surround; (literary) whole; full…
• 叵pǒnot; thereupon

Sounds the same

Read jù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 句sentence; clause; phrase
• 据according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 具tool; device; utensil
• 距to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 剧theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute
• 拒to resist; to repel; to refuse
• 聚to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
• 俱(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together…
• 惧to fear
• 锯a saw; to saw
• 足excessive
• 炬torch