絕
jué HSK6

cut

绝 (絕) jué
absolutely adverb
used as an adverb for emphasis, often in the negative to mean by no means

这件事情绝无可能在一天内完成。

zhè jiàn shì​qing jué wú kě​néng zài yī tiān nèi wán​chéng.

This matter cannot possibly be completed in a single day.

surpass verb
to surpass or be peerless in a particular field or quality

他的球技堪称一绝。

tā de qiú​jì kān​chēng yī jué.

His ball skills are truly superb.

extreme verb
acting in an extreme or ruthless manner, leaving no room for negotiation or future possibilities.

做事不要做绝了。

zuò shì bù yào zuò jué le.

Don't push things to the extreme.

cut short verb
to sever, terminate, or stop something from continuing

从此以后，两人的往来就绝了。

cóng​cǐ​yǐ​hòu, liǎng rén de wǎng​lái jiù jué le.

From then on, all contact between the two was cut off.

extinct verb
to disappear or vanish completely, especially in reference to a species or lineage

这种罕见的鸟类已经濒临灭绝。

zhè zhǒng hǎn​jiàn de niǎo​lèi yǐ​jīng bīn​lín miè jué.

This rare bird species is on the brink of extinction.

Frequency
Character
Written text
562nd most common 372.5 per million
Movie subtitles
429th most common 341.7 per million appears in 80% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
40.9 per million appears in 17% of films
Written text
36.9 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Simplified
绝
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+7D55

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)