竭力

Chinese

		exhaust	power; force; strength
trad. (竭力)		竭	力
simp. #(竭力)		竭	力
anagram		力竭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiélì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ lik⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kia̍t-le̍k / kia̍t-lia̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giag⁸ lag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiélì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiélì
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-li⁴
    • Yale: jyé-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyelih
    • Palladius: цзели (czeli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kit³ lik⁶
    • Yale: kit lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³ lɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kia̍t-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kia̍t-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiadlek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚⁴⁻³² liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kia̍t-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kia̍t-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiadliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚²⁴⁻² liak̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giag⁸ lag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia̍k la̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiak̚⁴⁻² lak̚⁴/

Verb

竭力

1. to strive; to try one's hardest; to do one's utmost

   竭力提供準確而可靠的資訊 [MSC, trad.]
   竭力提供准确而可靠的资讯 [MSC, simp.]

   jiélì tígōng zhǔnquè ér kěkào de zīxùn [Pinyin]

   to strive to provide accurate and reliable information

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)
• 盡力／尽力 (jìnlì)
• 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

• 盡心竭力／尽心竭力 (jìnxīnjiélì)

 

See also

• 極力／极力 (jílì)