极大 (jí dà) — extremely large; huge; tremendous | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

extremely largehugetremendous

Examples

极大。
Tā duì zhè ge wèn tí yǒu jí dà de xìng qù.
He has an enormous interest in this issue.
极大。
Zhè tái xīn jī qì jí dà de tí gāo le shēng chǎn xiào lǜ.
This new machine has greatly improved production efficiency.
极大。
Zhè zhǒng zuò fǎ dài lái de hǎo chù shì jí dà de.
The benefits brought by this approach are tremendous.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

极jíextremely

极 'extremely' and 大 'big' together mean very large.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木及极

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree, wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

及

及jí极jí

Same sound today

极 pairs 木 (tree, wood) with 及, which provides the sound.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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