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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

激进

jījìn

radical

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

radical

02

extreme

03

extremist

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 激进 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 激进 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

汤姆是激进的环保主义者。tāng mǔ shì jī jìn de huán bǎo zhǔ yì zhě。

Tom is an environmental activist.

她对於这个问题有很激进的意见。tā duì yú zhè ge wèn tí yǒu hěn jī jìn de yì jiàn。

She has a very radical opinion about the problem.

今天的激进也许是明天的老生常谈。jīn tiān de jī jìn yě xǔ shì míng tiān de lǎo shēng cháng tán。

What's radical today may be cliché tomorrow.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 激进.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 激进.

Directly before

  • 很激进1
  • 的激进1
  • 是激进1

Directly after

  • 激进的2
  • 激进也许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 激进

What does 激进 mean in Chinese?

激进 (jījìn) means radical.

How do you pronounce 激进?

激进 is pronounced jījìn.

Is 激进 an HSK word?

激进 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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