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竭

jié

HSK 6 Character

What 竭 means

1. to exhaust

Example sentences

• 我灵感枯竭了。
  My inspiration has run dry.
• 我们已竭尽所能。
  We've done everything possible.
• 她为了他竭尽所能。
  Tā wèile tā jiéjìnsuǒnéng.
  She did everything she could for him.
• 汤姆竭尽全力追赶。
  Tom did his best to catch up.
• 他竭尽全力地讨好他老婆。
  Tā jiéjìnquánlì de tǎohǎo tā lǎopó.
  He bent over backward to please his wife.
• 汤姆和玛丽竭尽全力帮助约翰。
  Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì jiéjìnquánlì bāngzhù Yuēhàn.
  Tom and Mary did all they could to help John do that.

Words starting with 竭

• 竭尽全力jié jìn quán lì(idiom) to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
• 竭力jié lìto do one's utmost
• 竭尽jié jìnto use up; to exhaust
• 竭心jié xīnto do one's utmost
• 竭诚jié chéngwholeheartedly
• 竭泽而渔jié zé ér yúlit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom); fig. to kill the goose that lays the…

Words containing 竭

• 枯竭kū jiéused up; dried up; exhausted (of resources)
• 声嘶力竭shēng sī lì jiéto shout oneself hoarse (idiom)
• 精疲力竭jīng pí lì jiéspirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent; drained; washed out
• 衰竭shuāi jiéorgan failure; exhaustion; prostration (medicine)
• 穷竭qióng jiéto exhaust; to use up
• 血竭xuè jiédragon's blood (bright red tree resin)
• 热衰竭rè shuāi jiéheat exhaustion
• 穷竭法qióng jié fǎArchimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)
• 心力衰竭xīn lì shuāi jiéheart failure
• 尽心竭力jìn xīn jié lìto spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
• 匮竭kuì jiéexhausted
• 殚竭dān jiéto use up; to exhaust
• 殚精竭虑dān jīng jié lǜto exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly…
• 磬竭qìng jiéused up; exhausted; emptied
• 再衰三竭zài shuāi sān jiéweakening and close to exhaustion (idiom); in terminal decline; on one's last legs
• 取之不尽，用之不竭qǔ zhī bù jìn , yòng zhī bù jiélimitless supply (of); inexhaustible
• 罄竭qìng jiévariant of 磬竭

Characters built on 曷

These share the phonetic component 曷 (hé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 揭jiēto take the lid off; to expose; to unmask
• 歇xiēto rest; to take a break; to stop
• 蝎xiē(bound form) scorpion
• 羯jiéram, esp. gelded; to castrate; deer's skin
• 碣jiéstone tablet

Characters that look like 竭

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

• 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
• 褐hèbrown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth
• 蝎xiē(bound form) scorpion
• 缮shànto repair; to mend; to rewrite
• 羯jiéram, esp. gelded; to castrate; deer's skin
• 瑁mào(jade)

Sounds the same

Read jié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 结knot; sturdy; bond
• 节joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…
• 捷victory; triumph; quick
• 杰(bound form) hero; heroic; outstanding person
• 洁clean
• 截to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept
• 劫to rob; to plunder; to seize by force
• 桔used in 桔梗; used in 桔槔
• 婕used in 婕妤
• 羯ram, esp. gelded; to castrate; deer's skin
• 桀(emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel
• 诘(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate