盡人事

Chinese

		to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something)	men's behaviours; the reach of one's ability; what is humanly possible men's behaviours; the reach of one's ability; what is humanly possible; human affairs; ways of the world; facts of life
trad. (盡人事)		盡	人事
simp. (尽人事)		尽	人事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnrénshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon⁶ jan⁴ si⁶ / zeon⁶ jan⁴ si^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnrénshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnrénshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-jên²-shih⁴
    • Yale: jìn-rén-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnrenshyh
    • Palladius: цзиньжэньши (czinʹžɛnʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon⁶ jan⁴ si⁶ / zeon⁶ jan⁴ si^6-2
    • Yale: jeuhn yàhn sih / jeuhn yàhn sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen⁶ jan⁴ si⁶ / dzoen⁶ jan⁴ si^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên⁶ yen⁴ xi⁶ / zên⁶ yen⁴ xi^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn²² jɐn²¹ siː²²/, /t͡sɵn²² jɐn²¹ siː²²⁻³⁵/

Verb

盡人事

1. to do what one can (to save a dying person, etc.); to do all that is humanly possible (though with little hope of success)

Derived terms

• 盡人事，聽天命／尽人事，听天命 (jìn rénshì, tīng tiānmìng)