北极

北極
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

北极 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

北极与南极的温度不一样。

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

Source: Tatoeba

数月后，牠们回到了北极的繁殖地。

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 极 jí
  1. extremely
  2. pole (geography, physics)
  3. utmost
  4. top
=2 极 jí
  1. (historical dictionaries only) wooden rack on donkey
  2. wooden rack on donkey

Containing this entry

北极圈 Běijíquān Arctic Circle
北极星 Běijíxīng
  1. North Star
  2. Polaris
北极海 Běijíhǎi
北极狐 Běijíhú
北极点 Běijídiǎn
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