竭盡

Chinese

		exhaust	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)
trad. (竭盡)		竭	盡
simp. (竭尽)		竭	尽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiéjìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ zeon⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiat-chīn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéjìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiéjìn
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-chin⁴
    • Yale: jyé-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyejinn
    • Palladius: цзецзинь (czeczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kit³ zeon⁶
    • Yale: kit jeuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ dzoen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³ zên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³ t͡sɵn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-chīn
    • Tâi-lô: kiat-tsīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiatcin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sin²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sin²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sin³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sin³³/

Verb

竭盡

1. to exhaust; to use up (one's energy, etc.)

Synonyms

• 枯竭 (kūjié) (figurative)
• 用光 (yòngguāng)
• 用掉 (yòngdiào)
• 用盡／用尽 (yòngjìn)
• 窮盡／穷尽 (qióngjìn)
• 絕／绝 (jué)
• 耗盡／耗尽 (hàojìn)
• 致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Derived terms

• 竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)
• 竭盡心思／竭尽心思