竭力

Chinese

		exhaust	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (竭力)		竭	力

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiélì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ lik⁶
Min Nan (POJ): kia̍t-lia̍k / kia̍t-le̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiélì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyelih
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kit³ lik⁶
  - Yale: kit lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kid³ lig⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³ lɪk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kia̍t-lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: kia̍t-lia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiadliak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚²⁴⁻²² liak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kia̍t-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: kia̍t-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiadlek
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚⁴⁻³² liɪk̚⁴/

Verb

竭力

to strive; to try one's hardest; to do one's utmost

Synonyms

力圖／力图 (lìtú)
力求 (lìqiú)

力爭／力争 (lìzhēng)
盡力／尽力 (jìnlì)

Derived terms

盡心竭力／尽心竭力 (jìnxīnjiélì)

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