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

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• 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

1. 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)
• 巴結／巴结 (bājie) (regional)
• 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) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 尽力: exertion

Korean

Hanja in this term
盡	力

Noun

盡力 • (jillyeok) (hangeul 진력)

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