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尽

jìn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character Traditional 盡

尽 (jìn) means "to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 尽 means

1. to use up
2. to exhaust
3. to end
4. to finish
5. to the utmost
6. exhausted
7. finished
8. to the limit (of sth)
9. all
10. entirely

Other readings

尽 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jǐnto the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be w

Example sentences

• 尽快
  ASAP
• 尽快来。
  Come as soon as possible.
• 尽早来。
  Come as soon as possible.
• 尽早做。
  Do it as soon as possible.
• 物尽其用
  Take it for what it's worth.
• 感激不尽。
  Gǎnjībùjìn.
  I can't thank you enough.

Words starting with 尽

• 尽管jǐn guǎndespite; although; even though
• 尽量jìn liàngas much as possible; to the greatest extent
• 尽力jìn lìto strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
• 尽头jìn tóuend; extremity; limit
• 尽情jìn qíngas much as one likes
• 尽是jìn shìto be full of; completely
• 尽早jǐn zǎoas early as possible
• 尽快jǐn kuàias quickly as possible; as soon as possible
• 尽兴jìn xìngto enjoy oneself to the full; to one's heart's content
• 尽可能jǐn kě néngas far as possible; to the best of one's ability
• 尽心jìn xīnwith all of one's heart
• 尽收眼底jìn shōu yǎn dǐto take in the whole scene at once; to have a panoramic view
• 尽心尽力jìn xīn jìn lìmaking an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out; to do one's utmost
• 尽职jìn zhíto discharge one's duties; conscientious
• 尽力而为jìn lì ér wéito try one's utmost; to strive
• 尽数jìn shùin its entirety; all of it; all of them
• 尽善尽美jìn shàn jìn měiperfect (idiom); perfection; the best of all possible worlds; as good as it gets
• 尽责jìn zéto do one's duty; to do one's bit conscientiously
• 尽忠jìn zhōngto display utter loyalty; to be loyal to the end
• 尽职尽责jìn zhí jìn zéresponsible and diligent (idiom)
• 尽失jìn shī(of hope, appetite, authority etc) to be lost
• 尽人皆知jìn rén jiē zhīknown by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name
• 尽先jǐn xiānin the first instance; as a first priority
• 尽自jǐn zialways; always regardless (of anything)

Words containing 尽

• 竭尽全力jié jìn quán lì(idiom) to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
• 无穷无尽wú qióng wú jìn(idiom) endless; boundless; infinite
• 苦尽甘来kǔ jìn gān láibitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times…
• 不尽bù jìnnot completely; endlessly
• 无尽wú jìnendless; inexhaustible
• 详尽xiáng jìnthorough and detailed; exhaustive; the tedious details in full
• 用尽yòng jìnto exhaust; to use up completely
• 淋漓尽致lín lí jìn zhìlit. extreme saturation (idiom); fig. vividly and thoroughly; in great detail
• 应有尽有yīng yǒu jìn yǒueverything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand…
• 受尽shòu jìnto suffer enough from; to suffer all kinds of; to have one's fill of
• 殆尽dài jìnalmost exhausted; nearly depleted; practically nothing left
• 意犹未尽yì yóu wèi jìnto wish to continue sth; to have not fully expressed oneself
• 耗尽hào jìnto exhaust; to use up; to deplete
• 一饮而尽yī yǐn ér jìnto drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)
• 筋疲力尽jīn pí lì jìnbody weary, strength exhausted (idiom); extremely tired; spent
• 绞尽脑汁jiǎo jìn nǎo zhīto rack one's brains
• 自尽zì jìnto kill oneself; to commit suicide
• 一网打尽yī wǎng dǎ jìnlit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom); fig. to scoop up the whole lot…
• 历尽lì jìnto have experienced a lot of; to have been through
• 精疲力尽jīng pí lì jìnspirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent; drained; washed out
• 同归于尽tóng guī yú jìnto die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes; to take sb down with oneself…
• 感激不尽gǎn jī bù jìncan't thank sb enough (idiom)
• 穷尽qióng jìnto use up; to exhaust; to probe to the bottom
• 一言难尽yī yán nán jìnhard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly

Characters that look like 尽

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 孕yùnpregnant
• 尾wěitail; remainder; remnant
• 呆dāifoolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; variant of 待
• 尿niàoto urinate; urine
• 甩shuǎito throw; to fling; to swing
• 禾hé(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop

Sounds the same

Read jìn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 进to go forward; to advance; to go in
• 近near; close to; approximately
• 禁to prohibit; to forbid
• 劲strength; energy; enthusiasm
• 浸to immerse; to soak; to steep
• 晋to move forward; to promote; to advance
• 靳martingale; stingy
• 妗wife of mother's brother
• 烬(bound form) cinders; ashes
• 觐(history) to have an audience with the Emperor
• 噤unable to speak; silent
• 缙red silk

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jìn correctly.
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