蹦极

蹦極

bèngjí

noun

Meanings

1 bungee jumping

Characters

extreme (phonetic for -gee)

Examples

我这辈子都不敢去蹦极。

Wǒ zhè bèizi dōu bù gǎn qù bèngjí.

I'd never dare to go bungee jumping in my life.

澳门塔是世界上最高的蹦极之一。

Àomén Tǎ shì shìjiè shàng zuì gāo de bèngjí zhī yī.

Macau Tower is one of the world's highest bungee jumps.

他生日那天第一次蹦极。

Tā shēngrì nà tiān dì-yī cì bèngjí.

He went bungee jumping for the first time on his birthday.

Tips

usage

Phono-semantic loan from English 'bungee'; 蹦 (bèng) also means 'to leap / bounce,' making it a rare transliteration that also captures the meaning. Can function as both noun and verb: 去蹦极 (go bungee jumping).

Stroke Order

蹦 bèng

极 jí