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
Min Nan (POJ): kiat-chīn

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): /t͡ɕjɛ³⁵ 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 t͡ʃɵn²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-chīn
  - Tâi-lô: kiat-tsīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiatcin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕin²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕin²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕin³³/

Verb

竭盡

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

Synonyms

枯竭 (kūjié) (figurative)
用光 (yòngguāng)
用掉 (yòngdiào)
致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)

用盡／用尽 (yòngjìn)
窮盡／穷尽 (qióngjìn)
絕／绝 (jué)
耗盡／耗尽 (hàojìn)

Derived terms

竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)

竭盡心思／竭尽心思

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