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极限

jí xiàn

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 極限

What 极限 means

1. limit
2. extreme boundary

The characters in 极限

• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 限xiànto limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit

Example sentences

• 他的耐心已经到了极限。
  His patience is worn out.
• 在中国，历史以三十年为极限，我们不可能知道三十年以前的事。
  Zài Zhōngguó, lìshǐ yǐ sānshí nián wèi jíxiàn, wǒmen bù kěnéng zhīdào sānshí nián yǐqián de shì.
  In China, the history began thirty years ago; we can't know what happened any farther back than thirty years.

Words starting with 极限

• 极限运动jí xiàn yùn dòngextreme sport

Sounds the same

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

• 吉县Ji County or Jixian, a county in Linfen City 临汾市