尽量
jǐn liàngㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: TẬN LƯỢNG
Traditional: 儘量
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 4
Meaningjǐn liàng(adverb)
as much as possible; to the greatest extent
Examples
我会尽量早点到。
wǒ huì jǐn liàng zǎo diǎn dào.
I'll try to get there early.
晚上尽量少吃甜的。
wǎn shàng jǐn liàng shǎo chī tián de.
Try to eat as little sugar as possible at night.
上课时尽量说中文。
shàng kè shí jǐn liàng shuō zhōng wén.
Speak Chinese as much as you can in class.
Easily confused
- 尽快 — 尽快 is 'as soon as possible'; 尽量 is 'as much as possible'.
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Meaningjìn liàng(adverb)
as much as possible; to the greatest extent
Examples
我会尽量帮你。
wǒ huì jǐn liàng bāng nǐ.
I'll do my best to help you.
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Stroke order
TẬN · 6 strokes
to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to
LƯỢNG · 12 strokes
to measure
Related words
- 尽管 jǐn guǎn — despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
- 尽力 jìn lì — to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
- 尽快 jǐn kuài — as quickly as possible; as soon as possible
- 竭尽全力 jié jìn quán lì — to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
- 无穷无尽 wú qióng wú jìn — endless; boundless; infinite
- 苦尽甘来 kǔ jìn gān lái — bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning