HSK 5 · Verbs

尽力 jìnlì “to strive one’s hardest” in Chinese

Traditional 盡力

What 尽力 means

  1. to strive one’s hardest
  2. to spare no effort

How to say 尽力

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale尽jìn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale力lì4th tone, falling

尽力 in a sentence

  1. 我已经尽力了。

    Wǒ yǐjīng jìnlì le.

    I’ve done my best.

    Sentence #9316603 from Tatoeba

  2. 我们会尽力帮助你。

    Wǒmen huì jìnlì bāngzhù nǐ.

    We will do our best to help you.

    Sentence #14028319 from Tatoeba

  3. 我们应该尽力不要污染环境。

    Wǒmen yīnggāi jìnlì búyào wūrǎn huánjìng.

    We should do our best not to pollute the environment.

    Sentence #349546 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 尽力 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jìnto use up
  • 尺part of the character
  • ⺀ice form of 冫 · bīng
The character 力 (lì) drawn as one shape
力lìpower

力 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidThought to show an old plough, and pulling it took strength: strength, power.

How to write 尽力

尽 6 strokes · 力 2 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 尽力

Words with 尽

尽管jǐnguǎn · despite尽快jǐnkuài · as soon as possible尽量jǐnliàng · as much 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 力

努力nǔlì · to work hard力气lìqi · strength能力nénglì · capability压力yālì · pressure巧克力qiǎokèlì · chocolate (loanword)精力jīnglì · energy权力quánlì · power力量lìliang · power魅力mèilì · charm视力shìlì · eyesight

More words: Common Verbs

接近jiējìn · to approach节省jiéshěng · to save结合jiéhé · to combine届jiè · measure word for sessions进步jìnbù · progress救jiù · to rescue具备jùbèi · to possess捐juān · to donate

FAQs

尽力 (jìnlì) means “to strive one’s hardest” or “to spare no effort”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jìnlì: jìn with a 4th tone, then lì 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, 尽力 is written 盡力. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jinli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 尽力 from the suggestions. Typing jinli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
尽力 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.