极限 meaning in English

jíxiàn

limit; extreme boundary

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 極限15 strokes

Meaning of 极限

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jíxiàn
  1. limit
  2. extreme boundary

极限 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā的de耐nài心xīn已yǐ经jīng到dào了le极jí限xiàn。
His patience is worn out.
在zài中zhōng国guó,历lì史shǐ以yǐ三sān十shí年nián为wèi极jí限xiàn,我wǒ们men不bù可kě能néng知zhī道dào三sān十shí年nián以yǐ前qián的de事shì。
In China, the history began thirty years ago; we can't know what happened any farther back than thirty years.

Stroke order for each character

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极 jí · extremely · 7 strokes

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限 xiàn · to limit · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 极限.

极了jí leextremely; exceedingly
积极jījíactive; energetic
积极性jījíxìngzeal; initiative
限制xiànzhìto restrict; to limit
无限wúxiànunlimited; unbounded; infinite
有限yǒuxiànlimited; finite
极其jíqíextremely
期限qīxiàntime limit; deadline
北极běijíthe North Pole; the north magnetic pole
南极nánjíthe South Pole; the south magnetic pole
消极xiāojínegative; passive
极端jíduānextreme

Questions about 极限

What does 极限 mean?

极限 (jíxiàn) means "limit; extreme boundary" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 极限?

极限 is made of 2 characters: 极 (7 strokes), 限 (8 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 极限 an HSK word?

Yes. 极限 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 极限 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 极限 is written 極限.