Chinese edit

adjective-forming suffix in Japanese
trad. (積極的) 積極
simp. (积极的) 积极

Etymology edit

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (せっ)(きょく)(てき) (sekkyokuteki).

Pronunciation edit


Adjective edit

積極的

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, dated) active (in contrast to passive)

Usage notes edit

In this word borrowed from Japanese, is a suffix, not a particle; it can be used before the native Min Nan particle (ê) (see citations).

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
せき > せっ
Grade: 4
きょく
Grade: 4
てき
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 積極 (sekkyoku, positive procession towards an objective; the positive pole) +‎ (teki, adjective-forming suffix).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) っきょくてき [sèkkyókútékí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [se̞k̚ʲkʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝte̞kʲi]

Adjective edit

(せっ)(きょく)(てき) (sekkyokutekiせききよくてき (sekikyokuteki)?-na (adnominal (せっ)(きょく)(てき) (sekkyokuteki na), adverbial (せっ)(きょく)(てき) (sekkyokuteki ni))

  1. proactive, positive, active, constructive

Inflection edit

Antonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN