| 積 | 1183C35 90A.80-1 | 部居  | 畫數 16 | ㄐㄧ [ji1] | ||
| N. | (1) (Math.) the product obtained by multiplication: 乘積 the product so obtained; 求積 find such product; 積數 [ji1shu4]↓. (2) A measure of size: 體積 volume; 面積 surface area; 容積 capacity. | |||||
| V.t. | Amass, to store up: 堆積 to pile up; 聚積 accumulate, assemble together; 沖積 to form a delta; 積勞 (憂) 成疾 fall sick from overwork (excessive worry); 積羽沉舟 the awesome power of sheer numbers (“a heavy enough load of feathers can sink a boat”); 積少成多 from small increments comes abundance (cf. “take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves”). | |||||
| Adj. | Age-long, added bit by bit, made of small accretions, cumulative: 積弊 [ji1bi4], 積習 [ji1xi2]↓; 積重難返 old habits are difficult to get rid of; 積冰，積雪，積雨 accumulated ice, snow, rain water; 積久 [ji1jiu3]↓; 積善 habitual doing of good deeds: 積善之家 a family given to kindness and charity; 積惡 continual perpetration of evil deeds; 積威 accumulated power and prestige; 積怨，積忿 pent-up grievances (grudges), anger. | |||||
| Words | 1. 積弊 [ji1bi4], n., age-old abuses or irregularities. 2. 積德 [ji1de2], v.i., (1) be given to kindness and charity; (2) (sarcastic) behave oneself: 你多積點德吧！ (admonition to be kind) please do not be so harsh, sharp, or cutting. 3. 積犯 [ji1fan4], phr., habitual criminal. 4. 積分 [ji1fen1], n., (1) total number of credits a students has earned in school; (2) (math.) integral calculus. 5. 積漸 [ji1jian4], adv., gradually, little by little, by degrees. 6. 積久 [ji1jiu3], adj. & adv., over a long period. 7. 積極 [ji1ji2], adj., (of a person's attitude or outlook) positive, energetic, affirmative, optimistic, resolute (opp. 消極 63A.42); 積極份子 activist. 8. 積木 [ji1mu4], n., children's toy wooden blocks. 9. 積年 [ji1nian2], adv., for many years: 積年累月 for months and years. 10. 積習 [ji1xi2], n., inveterate habits: 積習難改 ingrained habits can't be cast off overnight. 11. 積數 [ji1shu4], n., (math.) product. 12. 積蓄 [ji1xU4], n., savings. 13. 積儹 [ji1zan1], n., (coll.) also wr. 積攢 [ji1xU4]↑. 14. 積作 [ji1zuo4], v.i., be kind and virtuous, also used in a sarcastic sense, see [ji1de2]↑. 15. 積壓 [ji1ya1], v.t., put off, delay, postpone, defer: 積壓公文 accumulated and held up official documents. | |||||