積極的

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Chinese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation


Adjective

積極的

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

Usage notes

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

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

(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

Antonyms

References

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