北極

北极
Běijí
  1. (～鎮) Beiji (a town in Mohe, Daxing'anling, Heilongjiang, China)
  2. Beiji (a town in Mohe, Daxing'anling, Heilongjiang, China)
  3. the North Pole

Wiktionary

Homographs

北極 běijí
  1. the North Pole; the Arctic Pole
  2. the north magnetic pole

Examples

到北极可不容易。

To reach the North Pole is not easy.

Source: Tatoeba

北極與南極的溫度不一樣。

The temperature at the North Pole is different from at the South Pole.

Source: Tatoeba

數月後，牠們回到了北極的繁殖地。

A few months later they return to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 北 běi
  1. north
  2. (classical) to be defeated
=1 北 bèi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 背 (bèi, “back; to betray”).
  2. Original form of 背 (bèi, “back; to betray”).
=2 極 jí
  1. extremely
  2. pole (geography, physics)
  3. utmost
  4. top
=2 極 qì
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 亟 (“repeatedly”)
  2. alternative form of 亟 (“repeatedly”)

Containing this entry

北極圈 Běijíquān Arctic Circle
北極星 Běijíxīng
  1. North Star
  2. Polaris
北極海 Běijíhǎi
北極狐 Běijíhú
北極點 Běijídiǎn
北極鯨 běijíjīng
北極貝 běijíbèi