盡 (zeon6 | jin4) : exhaust; use up; all; entirely; die

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盡

zeon6

jin4

[1] [v] exhaust; use up; finish
[2] [v] reach the limit or top
[3] [v] try one's best; devote to
[4] [adj] all; exhaustive; full of
[5] [adv] entirely; totally; exclusively
[6] [v] die; perish; come to the end

尽 is the simplified form for both 盡 and 儘.

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Stroke count: 14

Level: 1

Radical: 皿 (#108)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

盡 / 尽

Don't confuse with:
晝書畫

This word has been viewed 14700 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Dec 2013 04:02

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感激不盡 gam2 gik1 bat1 zeon6 gan3 ji1 bu4 jin4 = can't thank sb enough

盡量 zeon6 loeng6 jin4 liang4 = reach the limit; to the full

盡早 zeon6 zou2 jin3 zao3 = variant of 儘早

盡快 zeon6 faai3 jin3 kuai4 = variant of 儘快

盡可能 zeon6 ho2 nang4 jin3 ke3 neng2 = variant of 儘可能

耗盡 hou3 zeon6 hao4 jin4 = exhaust; use up

論盡 leon6 zeon6 = clumsy; cumbersome 粵

盡力 zeon6 lik6 jin4 li4 = to do one's best

無盡 mou4 zeon6 = inexhaustible

絞盡腦汁 gaau2 zeon6 nou5 zap1 jiao3 jin4 nao3 zhi1 = rack one's brains
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Showing all 2 examples containing 盡

今春絢麗的花卉凋謝殆盡國
This spring's flowers have nearly all withered away.

呢度嘅住客都穿著禮服為主，盡顯其顯赫份粵
The residents here are all formally attired, a mark of their affluence.
[Note: this is a very formal register, and is not the kind of this you'd drop into everyday conversation.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 盡
Unicode code for this character: U+76e1 (off-site link)

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