# 極樂
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

Translation of Sanskrit सुखावती (sukhāvatī, “full of joy; blissful”). Compare Tibetan བདེ་བ་ཅན། (bde ba can, “blissful”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jílè
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gik$^6$ lok$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khi̍t-lo̍k
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ke̍k-lo̍k
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$jiq-loq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jílè
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jílè
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^2$-lê$^4$
*** Yale: jí-lè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyileh
*** Palladius: цзилэ (czilɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gik$^6$ lok$^6$
*** Yale: gihk lohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gik$^9$ lok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gig$^6$ log$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɪk̚² lɔːk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khi̍t-lo̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: kid log
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kid$^6$ log$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰit̚⁵ lok̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke̍k-lo̍k
*** Tâi-lô: ki̍k-lo̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: keglok
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$jiq-loq
*** MiniDict: jih$^入$ loh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$jjiq-loq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑiɪʔ¹¹ loʔ²³/

#### Noun

極樂
* (Buddhism) bliss; paradise

##### Derived terms

* 極樂世界 / 极乐世界 (jílè shìjiè)
* 極樂鳥 / 极乐鸟 (jílèniǎo)

##### Descendants

* → Japanese: 極楽(ごくらく) (gokuraku)
* → Korean: 극락(極樂) (geungnak)
* → Vietnamese: cực lạc (極樂)

#### Further reading

* Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “極樂” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to Min Nan 矸轆? ancient 獨樂?”)

#### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

#### Noun

極樂
* (Hakka) spinning top

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 陀螺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 漢奸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 陀螺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 陀螺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 地轉轉兒, 地轉子, 牛牛兒, 牛牛, 賤皮子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 格螺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 地陀, 下流胚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 牛 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 擰螺, 定螺, 陀螺, 車乜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 陀螺 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 菱角, 擰螺 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 陀螺 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 抽車哩 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 奇樂 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 極樂仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 極樂仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 極樂 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 獨樂 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 缺樂 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 獨樂 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 獨樂 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 極樂仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 極樂 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 極樂仔, 極樂 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 極樂, 矸轆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 摔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 賤鞭螺 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 猴兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 榛迷 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 矸螺 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 摔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 矸轆, 柴佛 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 矸轆 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 陀螺 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 牛六 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 陀螺 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 得螺 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 地擂公 |

##### Derived terms

* 極樂仔 / 极乐仔