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北极

běi jí · bei ji

Traditional 北極

HSK 5Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. the North Pole; the Arctic Pole
  2. the north magnetic pole
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Training for the Arctic

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，你(nǐ)为什么(wèishénme)穿(chuān)这么多(zhèmeduō)？

    Liangliang, why are you wearing so much?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)在(zài)练习(liànxí)，明年(míngnián)我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)去(qù)北极(běijí)。

    I'm practicing. Next year I want to go to the Arctic.

  3. Dengdeng

    北极(běijí)？那里(nàli)很(hěn)冷(lěng)吧(ba)？

    The Arctic? It's very cold there, right?

  4. Liangliang

    对(duì)，北极(běijí)的(de)冬天(dōngtiān)零下(língxià)四十度(sìshídù)。

    Right, winter in the Arctic is forty below.

  5. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)今天(jīntiān)三十五度(sānshíwǔdù)，你(nǐ)已经(yǐjīng)出汗(chūhàn)了(le)。

    But today is thirty-five degrees and you are already sweating.

  6. Liangliang

    先(xiān)去(qù)买(mǎi)冰淇淋(bīngqílín)，北极(běijí)的(de)事(shì)明天(míngtiān)再说(zàishuō)。

    First let's get ice cream. The Arctic can wait until tomorrow.

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2 examples
01

南(nán)极(jí)因(yīn)为(wèi)有(yǒu)大(dà)陆(lù)，所(suǒ)以(yǐ)气(qì)温(wēn)低(dī)于(yú)北(běi)极(jí)。

Owing to its landmass, the Antarctic has an air temperature lower than that of the Arctic.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

数(shù)月(yuè)后(hòu)，牠(tā)们(men)回(huí)到(dào)了(le)北(běi)极(jí)的(de)繁(fán)殖(zhí)地(dì)。

A few months later they return to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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