They went on an expedition to the Antarctic.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
南极
south pole
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
south pole
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 南极 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 南极 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The temperature at the North Pole is different from at the South Pole.
Owing to its landmass, the Antarctic has an air temperature lower than that of the Arctic.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 南极.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 南极.
Directly before
- 去南极1
- 到达南极1
- 与南极1
Directly after
- 南极的2
- 南极探险1
- 南极大陆1
- 南极因为1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 南极
What does 南极 mean in Chinese?
南极 (nánjí) means south pole.
How do you pronounce 南极?
南极 is pronounced nánjí.
Is 南极 an HSK word?
南极 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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