盡其所能

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)	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (盡其所能)		盡	其	所	能
simp. (尽其所能)		尽	其	所	能

Alternative forms

• 盡我所能／尽我所能 (“to the best of my ability”)
• 盡你所能／尽你所能 (“to the best of your ability”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnqísuǒnéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄋㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnqísuǒnéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìncísuǒnéng
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-chʻi²-so³-nêng²
    • Yale: jìn-chí-swǒ-néng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnchyisuooneng
    • Palladius: цзиньцисонэн (czinʹcisonɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/

Idiom

盡其所能

1. to the best of one's ability