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极其

jí qí

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 極其

极其 (jí qí) means "extremely". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 极其 means

1. extremely

How 极其 is used in grammar

极其 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Degree adverbs: 十分/极其/稍微/格外 (HSK 4)
• Degree, Scope and Time Adverbs (HSK 6)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 5, adverbs (程度副词).

The characters in 极其

• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 其qíhis; her; its

Example sentences

• 他极其英俊。
  He is tremendously handsome.
• 她说的极其快。
  Tā shuō de jíqí kuài.
  She spoke rapidly.
• 他是个极其自私自利的人。
  Tā shì gè jíqí zìsīzìlì de rén.
  He is a lump of selfishness.
• 不能吃甜食是极其痛苦的事情。
  Bù néng chī tiánshí shì jíqí tòngkǔ de shìqing.
  Not being able to eat sweets is an extremely painful thing.
• 12月份巴厘岛极其炎热和潮湿。
  12 yuèfèn Bālí Dǎo jíqí yánrè hé cháoshī.
  It is extremely hot and humid in Bali in December.
• 变量的声明在C和C++中极其重要。
  Biànliàng de shēngmíng zài C hé C++ zhōng jíqí zhòngyào.
  Declarations of variables are extremely important in C and C++.

Sounds the same

Read jí qí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 及其(conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ...
• 集齐to collect the complete set of

Where 极其 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Degree & scope words (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jí qí correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.