消
极

Negative in Chinese: 消极 (xiāo jí)

xiāo jí

negative

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 消極1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1negative
  2. 2passive
  3. 3inactive

Stroke order

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消
极

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄠ

xiāo

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

ㄐㄧˊ

jí

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

消极

Simplified

消極

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 遇到困难不要有消极的想法。

    yù dào kùn nán bú yào yǒu xiāo jí de xiǎng fǎ。

    Don't have negative thoughts when you run into difficulties.

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Related words

极

jí

extremely

消

xiāo

to diminish

积极

jī jí

active

极其

jí qí

extremely

消息

xiāo xi

news

取消

qǔ xiāo

to cancel

消费

xiāo fèi

to consume

消化

xiāo huà

to digest (food)

消灭

xiāo miè

to put an end to

消失

xiāo shī

to disappear

极了

jí le

extremely

北极

běi jí

the North Pole

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