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使劲

shǐ jìn

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 使勁

使劲 (shǐ jìn) means "to exert all one's strength". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 使劲 means

1. to exert all one's strength

The characters in 使劲

• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable
• 劲jìnstrength; energy; enthusiasm

Example sentences

• 啄木鸟正在使劲地啄树干。
  Zhuómùniǎo zhèngzài shǐjìn de zhuó shùgàn.
  The woodpecker is pecking the tree trunk vigorously.
• 我想, 在艰难的时候, 你想哭就使劲哭吧。
  Wǒ xiǎng, zài jiānnán de shíhou, nǐ xiǎng kū jiù shǐjìn kū ba.
  I think that, in tough times, you can cry as much as you want.

Words starting with 使劲

• 使劲儿shǐ jìn rerhua variant of 使劲

Sounds the same

Read shǐ jìn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 使尽to exert all one's strength

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