吃勁

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	stalwart; sturdy; strength
trad. (吃勁)		吃	勁
simp. (吃劲)		吃	劲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chījìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ ging⁶
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷chiq-cin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chījìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihjìn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-chin⁴
    • Yale: chr̄-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyjinn
    • Palladius: чицзинь (čiczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ ging⁶
    • Yale: hek gihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ ging⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ ging⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ kɪŋ²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷chiq-cin
    • MiniDict: chih^入 cin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qiq-jin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/

Verb

吃勁

1. to need or exert great effort; to strain; to be strenuous
2. to bear weight; to sustain (weight)

Synonyms

• (to need or exert great effort):

• 了力 (Min Nan)
• 吃力 (chīlì)
• 夠力／够力 (Hokkien)
• 硬斗 (Hokkien)
• 硬繚／硬缭 (Hokkien)
• 著力／着力 (zhuólì)
• 費力／费力 (fèilì)
• 費勁／费劲 (fèijìn) (colloquial)
• 食力 (Hokkien)
• 食工 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

• (to bear weight): 承重 (chéngzhòng)

Adjective

吃勁

1. (colloquial) important; significant; major

Synonyms

• 主要 (zhǔyào) (most important)
• 基本 (jīběn)
• 根本 (gēnběn)
• 當家／当家 (dāngjiā) (attributive, most important)
• 要緊／要紧 (yàojǐn)
• 重大
• 重要 (zhòngyào)
• 關鍵／关键 (guānjiàn)