竭力

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Chinese

		exhaust	power; force; strength
trad. (竭力)		竭	力
simp. ^#(竭力)		竭	力
anagram		力竭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiélì

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

(Teochew, Peng'im): giag⁸ lag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiélì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiélì
  - Wade–Giles: chieh²-li⁴
  - Yale: jyé-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyelih
  - Palladius: цзели (czeli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kit³ lik⁶
  - Yale: kit lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kid³ lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³ lɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (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/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kia̍t-lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: kia̍t-lia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiadliak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚²⁴⁻² liak̚²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: giag⁸ lag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia̍k la̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiak̚⁴⁻² lak̚⁴/

Verb

竭力

to strive; to try one's hardest; to do one's utmost
竭力提供準確而可靠的資訊 [MSC, trad.]
竭力提供准确而可靠的资讯 [MSC, simp.]
jiélì tígōng zhǔnquè ér kěkào de zīxùn
to strive to provide accurate and reliable information

Synonyms

一力 (yīlì)
下力 (xiàlì)
不遺餘力／不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì)
僶俛／𠊟俯 (mǐnmiǎn) (literary)
儘力／尽力 (jìnlì) (archaic)
全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù)
出力 (chūlì)
力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
力圖／力图 (lìtú)
力求 (lìqiú)
力爭／力争 (lìzhēng)
加勁／加劲 (jiājìn)
努力 (nǔlì)
勉力 (miǎnlì)
呵嘶呵嘶 (o⁴ sr¹ o⁴ sr¹) (Xiang)
巴結／巴结 (bājie) (regional)
強力／强力 (qiánglì) (literary)
悉力 (xīlì) (literary)
打拼 (dǎpīn)
拍拚 (Hokkien, Teochew)
拍灘／拍滩 (Xiamen Hokkien)
拼搏 (pīnbó)
搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
摔拍 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
攢勁／攒劲 (zan³ jin⁴) (Xiang)
極力／极力 (jílì)
殫力／殚力 (dānlì)
用力 (yònglì)
盡力／尽力 (jìnlì)
竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)
落力 (lok⁶ lik⁶) (Cantonese, Pinghua, Hakka, Pinghua, Hokkien, Pinghua, Teochew, Pinghua, Wenzhounese, Pinghua)
賣力／卖力 (màilì)
賣力氣／卖力气 (mài lìqi)

Derived terms

盡心竭力／尽心竭力 (jìnxīnjiélì)

See also

極力／极力 (jílì)

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