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消极 (xiāo jí): Negative (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

消 • xiāo • to disappear, eliminate, or melt away
xiāo消

to disappear, eliminate, or melt away

极 • jí • extreme • HSK 2.0 L3
HSK 3
jí极

extreme

Word Info

Pinyinxiāo jí
Meaningnegative; passive; inactive
Characters2
SyntaxAdjective

HSK 5 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 消极.

  • 包含bāo hánto contain; embody; include; inclusion
  • 彻底chè dǐthorough
  • 传说chuán shuōlegend; lore
  • 抽象chōu xiàngabstract
  • 超级chāo jísuper
  • 成就chéng jiùachievement; accomplishment; attainment
  • 避免bì miǎnto avoid; refrain from; prevent something from happening
  • 车库chē kùgarage
  • 地道dì daotunnel; underpass; typical [of a place]
  • 吃亏chī kuīto suffer losses; come to grief; take a beating
  • 代替dài tìinstead
  • 不如bù rúit would be better to …not as good as
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 消极.

Words with 消
  • 消息xiāo xinews
  • 取消qǔ xiāocancel; call off; abolish
  • 消化xiāo huàdigest
  • 消失
xiāo shī
disappear; vanish; dissolve
  • 消费xiāo fèiconsume
  • 消费者xiāo fèi zhěconsumer
  • 消毒xiāo dúdisinfect; sterilise
  • 消灭xiāo mièperish; die out; annihilate
    • Words with 极
    • 积极jī jíactive
    • 极其jí qíextremely
    • 太极拳tài jí quántaijiquan.[a kind of traditional Chinese shadow boxing]
    • 两极liǎng jíthe two poles (North and South); two extremes
    • 北极běi jíthe North Pole
    • 极为jí wéiextremely
    • 极端jí duānextremes; exceeding; pole
    • 极限jí xiànlimit; the maximum; the ultimate
    4.

    How to Use 消极 in Sentences

    Adjective + Noun
    xiāo消
    jí极
    qíng情
    xù绪
    neutral
    negative emotions
    xiāo消
    jí极
    yǐng影
    xiǎng响
    neutral
    negative impact
    Verb + Complementwith变得
    biàn变
    de得
    xiāo消
    jí极
    Subject + Predicatewith态度
    tài态
    dù度
    xiāo消
    jí极
    Idiomwith怠工
    xiāo消
    jí极
    dài怠
    gōng工
    5.

    Example Sentences with 消极

    tā他
    jīn今
    tiān天
    xīn心
    qíng情
    hěn很
    xiāo
    neutral
    become negative
    neutral
    negative attitude
    formal
    Written
    work-to-rule / passive resistance at work
    消
    jí极
    。
    He is in a very negative mood today.
    miàn面
    duì对
    kùn困
    nan难
    shí时
    ，
    tā他
    zǒng总
    bào抱
    zhe着
    xiāo消
    jí极
    de的
    tài态
    du度
    。
    When facing difficulties, he always holds a negative attitude.
    miàn面
    duì对
    kùn困
    nan难
    shí时
    ，
    bú不
    yào要
    yǒu有
    xiāo消
    jí极
    de的
    xiǎng想
    fǎ法
    。
    Don't have negative thoughts when facing difficulties.
    tā他
    bìng并
    fēi非
    xiāo消
    jí极
    dài怠
    gōng工
    ，
    ér而
    shì是
    zài在
    děng等
    dài待
    gèng更
    hé合
    shì适
    de的
    shí时
    jī机
    。
    He is not being inactive or slacking off; he is waiting for a more opportune moment.
    bié别
    nà那
    me么
    xiāo消
    jí极
    ma嘛
    ，
    wǒ我
    men们
    yì一
    qǐ起
    lái来
    xiǎng想
    xiǎng想
    jiě解
    jué决
    bàn办
    fǎ法
    。
    Don't be so negative; let's think of a solution together.