枯竭

Chinese

		withered; dried up	exhaust
trad. (枯竭)		枯	竭
simp. #(枯竭)		枯	竭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ kit³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kou¹ giag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kujié
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-chieh²
    • Yale: kū-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kujye
    • Palladius: куцзе (kucze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ kit³
    • Yale: fū kit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ kit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ kid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ kʰiːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kou¹ giag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khou kia̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰou³³⁻²³ kiak̚⁴/

Verb

枯竭

1. (literally, of bodies of water) to dry up
2. (figuratively) to exhaust; to use up completely; to deplete

Synonyms

• (to dry up): 乾涸／干涸 (gānhé)
• (to exhaust):

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