極夜

Chinese

		utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit	night
trad. (極夜)		極	夜
simp. (极夜)		极	夜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gik⁶ je⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíyè
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-yeh⁴
    • Yale: jí-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiyeh
    • Palladius: цзие (czije)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gik⁶ je⁶
    • Yale: gihk yeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁹ je⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig⁶ yé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚² jɛː²²/

Noun

極夜

1. polar night

   Synonym: 永夜

Antonyms

• 極晝／极昼 (jízhòu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
極	夜
きょく Grade: 4	や Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょ​くや [kyóꜜkùyà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝja̠]

Noun

極(きょく)夜(や) • (kyokuya) 

1. polar night

   極(きょく)夜(や)の騎(き)士(し)ガイア

   Kyokuya no Kishi Gaia

   Gaia, Knight of the Polar Night

See also

• 白(びゃく)夜(や) (byakuya)