盡力

See also: 尽力 and 儘力

Chinese

		to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)	power; force; strength
trad. (盡力)		盡	力
simp. (尽力^*)		尽	力

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìnlì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon⁶ lik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chīn-le̍k / chǐn-lia̍k / chīn-la̍t / chǐn-la̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìnlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìnlì
  - Wade–Giles: chin⁴-li⁴
  - Yale: jìn-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnlih
  - Palladius: цзиньли (czinʹli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeon⁶ lik⁶
  - Yale: jeuhn lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen⁶ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên⁶ lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn²² lɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīn-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tsīn-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cixnlek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin³³⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǐn-lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tsǐn-lia̍k
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin²² liak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīn-la̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tsīn-la̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cixnlat
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin³³⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ lat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin²²⁻²¹ lat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin²²⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǐn-la̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tsǐn-la̍t
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin²² lat̚²⁴/

Verb

盡力

to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
我已經盡力了。／我已经尽力了。 ― Wǒ yǐjīng jìnlì le. ― I did the best I could.

Synonyms

一力 (yīlì)
下力 (xiàlì)
不遺餘力／不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì)
僶俛／𠊟俯 (mǐnmiǎn) (literary)
儘力／尽力 (jìnlì) (archaic)
全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù)
出力 (chūlì)
力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
力圖／力图 (lìtú)
力求 (lìqiú)
力爭／力争 (lìzhēng)
加勁／加劲 (jiājìn)
努力 (nǔlì)
勉力 (miǎnlì)
呵嘶呵嘶 (o⁴ sr¹ o⁴ sr¹) (Xiang)
強力／强力 (qiánglì) (literary)
悉力 (xīlì) (literary)
打拼 (dǎpīn)
拍拚 (Hokkien, Teochew)
拍灘／拍滩 (Xiamen Hokkien)
拼搏 (pīnbó)
搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
摔拍 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
攢勁／攒劲 (zan³ jin⁴) (Xiang)
極力／极力 (jílì)
殫力／殚力 (dānlì)
用力 (yònglì)
竭力 (jiélì)
竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)
落力 (lok⁶ lik⁶) (Cantonese, Pinghua, Hakka, Pinghua, Hokkien, Pinghua, Teochew, Pinghua, Wenzhounese, Pinghua)
賣力／卖力 (màilì)
賣力氣／卖力气 (mài lìqi)

Derived terms

盡力而為／尽力而为 (jìnlì'érwéi)
盡心盡力／尽心尽力 (jìnxīnjìnlì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盡	力
じん Jinmeiyō	りょく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

盡(じん)力(りょく) • (jinryoku)

Kyūjitai form of 尽力: exertion

Korean

Hanja in this term
盡	力

Noun

盡力 • (jillyeok) (hangeul 진력)

Hanja form^? of 진력 (“(one's) utmost”).