盡人事

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)	men's behaviours; the reach of one's ability; what is humanly possible men's behaviours; the reach of one's ability; what is humanly possible; human affairs; ways of the world; facts of life
trad. (盡人事)		盡	人事
simp. (尽人事)		尽	人事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìnrénshì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon⁶ jan⁴ si⁶, zeon⁶ jan⁴ si^6-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìnrénshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìnrénshìh
  - Wade–Giles: chin⁴-jên²-shih⁴
  - Yale: jìn-rén-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnrenshyh
  - Palladius: цзиньжэньши (czinʹžɛnʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeon⁶ jan⁴ si⁶, zeon⁶ jan⁴ si^6-2
  - Yale: jeuhn yàhn sih, jeuhn yàhn sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen⁶ jan⁴ si⁶, dzoen⁶ jan⁴ si^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên⁶ yen⁴ xi⁶, zên⁶ yen⁴ xi^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃɵn²² jɐn²¹ siː²²/, /t͡ʃɵn²² jɐn²¹ siː²²⁻³⁵/

Verb

盡人事

to do what one can (to save a dying person, etc.); to do all that is humanly possible (though with little hope of success)

Derived terms

盡人事，聽天命／尽人事，听天命 (jìn rénshì, tīng tiānmìng)

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