HSK 5 · Function Words

尽量 jǐnliàng “as much as possible” in Chinese

Traditional 儘量

What 尽量 means

  1. as much as possible
  2. to the greatest extent

How to say 尽量

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale尽jǐn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale量liàng4th tone, falling

尽量 in a sentence

  1. 我会尽量不打扰你复习。

    Wǒ huì jǐnliàng bù dǎrǎo nǐ fùxí.

    I’ll do my best not to disturb your revision.

    Sentence #27 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 请尽量慢点说。

    Qǐng jǐnliàng màn diǎn shuō.

    Please speak as slowly as possible.

    Sentence #8697576 from Tatoeba

  3. 她会尽量按时赶来的。

    Tā huì jǐnliàng ànshí gǎnlái de.

    She’ll do her best to get here on time.

    Sentence #2411921 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 尽量 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 尽 (jǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
尽jǐnto the greatest extent
  • 尺part of the character
  • ⺀ice form of 冫 · bīng
The character 量 (liáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
量liàngcapacity
  • 旦dawn · dànSound part
  • 里village · lǐMeaning part

里 hints at the meaning (village); 旦 (dàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with liàng.

How to write 尽量

尽 6 strokes · 量 12 strokes

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尽量 (jǐnliàng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 尽量 (jǐnliàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 尽量

Words with 尽

尽管jǐnguǎn · despite尽力jìnlì · to strive one’s hardest尽快jǐnkuài · as soon as possible竭尽全力jiéjìnquánlì · to do one’s utmost无穷无尽wúqióngwújìn · endless苦尽甘来kǔjìngānlái · after hardship comes happiness

Words with 量

商量shāngliang · to consult数量shùliàng · amount质量zhìliàng · quality力量lìliang · power重量zhòngliàng · weight较量jiàoliàng · contest打量dǎliang · to size up测量cèliáng · to measure能量néngliàng · energy分量fènliàng · weight

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甲jiǎ · first (in a sequence)假如jiǎrú · if简直jiǎnzhí · simply尽快jǐnkuài · as soon as possible极其jíqí · extremely居然jūrán · unexpectedly颗kē · measure word for small round things (a pearl可见kějiàn · it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)

FAQs

尽量 (jǐnliàng) means “as much as possible” or “to the greatest extent”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jǐnliàng: jǐn with a 3rd tone, then liàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 尽量 is written 儘量. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jinliang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 尽量 from the suggestions. Typing jinliang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
尽量 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.