Sentence Pattern:Adj. + 极了
  • heimaodian June 29

    Just as 死了 can be used to intensify negative adjectives, 极了 (jí le) can be used to intensify positive adjectives.This is used in spoken, colloquial Chinese. 极 means "extreme" or "utmost", so using this grammar pattern takes your positive adjectives to the extreme!

    Structure

    It's as simple as using 极了 after the positive adjective.
    Subject + Positive adjective + 极了

    Note that this structure is a degree complement (called 程度补语 in Chinese), and one of the few that you can use after the adjective and without adding a 得.
    Examples

    Tā hǎo kàn jí le.
    她 好 看 极 了。
    She is very pretty.

    Zhè ɡè pí jiǔ hǎo hē jí le.
    这 个 啤 酒 好 喝 极 了。
    This beer is very tasty.

    Nǐde zhōnɡ wén hǎo jí le.
    你的 中 文 好 极 了。
    Your Chinese is very good!

    Remember to add the 了, since this is sort of an exclamatory statement. It would be incorrect without it.