盡 (zeon6 zeon2 | jin3 jin4) : exhaust; use up; deplete; entirely; totally

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盡

zeon6 zeon2

jin3 jin4

[1] exhaust; use up [2] deplete [3] entirely; totally; completely

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

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 character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th May 2010 00:17

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耗盡 hou3 zeon6 hao4 jin4 = exhaust; use up

論盡 leon6 zeon6 = clumsy; cumbersome 粵

盡量 zeon6 loeng6 jin3 liang4 = to the best of one's ability

盡早 zeon6 zou2 jin3 zao3 = as early as possible

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

盡快 zeon6 faai3 = quickly; as soon as possible

無盡 mou4 zeon6 = inexhaustible

絞盡腦汁 gaau2 zeon6 nou5 zap1 jiao3 jin4 nao3 zhi1 = to wrack one's brains

苦盡甘來 fu2 zeon6 gam1 loi4 = after suffering comes happiness

盡人事 zeon6 jan4 si6*2 = to do all that is humanly possible (with little hope of success)
See all 51 compounds (CantoDict reports 52 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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