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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
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

HSK 5 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 消极.

  • 脖子bó zineck
  • 参与cān yùto take part; to participate in
  • 不然bù ránnot the case; otherwise
  • 单纯dān chúnsimple; pure; alone
  • 从此cóng cǐfrom this time on; from now; then on
  • 动画片dòng huà piāncartoon
  • 不得了bù dé liǎodesperately serious disastrous; terrible
  • 安装ān zhuāngto install; mount; erect
  • 产生chǎn shēngproduce
  • 大象dà xiàngelephant
  • 差别chā biédifference
  • 当地dāng dìlocal area
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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
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.
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