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  zeon6   jyutping
  jin4   pinyin
[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

is the simplified form for both and .
Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: adjectiveadverb
Stroke count: 14
Level: 1
Radical: (#108)

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

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This word has been viewed 12662 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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detail  gam2 gik1 bat1 zeon6  gan3 ji1 bu4 jin4 = can't thank sb enough
detail  zeon6 loeng6  jin4 liang4 = reach the limit; to the full
detail  zeon6 zou2  jin3 zao3 = variant of 儘早
detail  zeon6 faai3  jin3 kuai4 = variant of 儘快
detail  zeon6 ho2 nang4  jin3 ke3 neng2 = variant of 儘可能
detail  hou3 zeon6  hao4 jin4 = exhaust; use up
detail  leon6 zeon6   = clumsy; cumbersome
detail  zeon6 lik6  jin4 li4 = to do one's best
detail  mou4 zeon6   = inexhaustible
detail  gaau2 zeon6 nou5 zap1  jiao3 jin4 nao3 zhi1 = rack one's brains
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Showing all 2 examples containing 盡
detail 絢麗花卉凋謝殆盡
This spring's flowers have nearly all withered away.
detail 呢度住客穿著禮服為主顯赫
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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