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Jyutping kit3 zeon6
Pinyin jié jìn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to use up
  2. to exhaust
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to exhaust; to use up (one's energy, etc.)
    (syn.) 用掉, 用光, 致, 窮盡, 绝, 耗盡, 穷尽, 絕, 枯竭, 用盡, 耗尽, 用尽
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    医生虽然已经竭尽全力,但不久病人还是死了。
    醫生雖然已經竭盡全力,但不久病人還是死了。
    yī shēng suī rán yǐ jīng jié jìn quán lì , dàn bù jiǔ bìng rén hái shi sǐ le 。
    • All the doctor's efforts were in vain and the man soon died.
  2. Mandarin
    他竭尽全力地讨好他老婆。
    他竭盡全力地討好他老婆。
    tā jié jìn quán lì dì tǎo hǎo tā lǎo pó 。
    • He bent over backward to please his wife.
  3. Mandarin
    她为了他竭尽所能。
    她為了他竭盡所能。
    tā wèi le tā jié jìn suǒ néng 。
    • She did everything she could for him.
  4. Mandarin
    我们已竭尽所能。
    我們已竭盡所能。
    wǒ men yǐ jié jìn suǒ néng 。
    • We've done everything possible.
  5. Mandarin
    汤姆和玛丽竭尽全力帮助约翰。
    湯姆和瑪麗竭盡全力幫助約翰。
    tāng mǔ hé mǎ lì jié jìn quán lì bāng zhù yuē hàn 。
    • Tom and Mary did all they could to help John do that.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢竭尽全力噉跑。
    佢竭盡全力噉跑。
    keoi5 kit3 zeon6 cyun4 lik6 gam2 paau2
    • He runs as fast as his can.
  2. Cantonese
    我会竭尽所能噉帮你。
    我會竭盡所能噉幫你。
    ngo5 wui5 kit3 zeon6 so2 nang4 gam2 bong1 nei5.
    • I will do everything I can to help you.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我们的敌人——日本帝国主义、中国汉奸、亲日派、托洛茨基派,对于中国的和平统一、民主自由和对日抗战的每一个步骤,都竭尽全力来破坏。
    我們的敵人——日本帝國主義、中國漢奸、親日派、托洛茨基派,對於中國的和平統一、民主自由和對日抗戰的每一個步驟,都竭盡全力來破壞。
    wǒ men de dí rén — rì běn dì guó zhǔ yì , zhōng guó hàn jiān , qīn rì pài , tuō luò cí jī pài , duì yú zhōng guó de hé píng tǒng yī , mín zhǔ zì yóu hé duì rì kàng zhàn de měi yī ge bù zhòu , dōu jié jìn quán lì lái pò huài .
    • Our enemies – the Japanese imperialists, the Chinese traitors, the pro-Japanese elements and the Trotskyites – have been doing their utmost to wreck every move for peace and unity, democracy and freedom in China and for armed resistance to Japan.