窮盡

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	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)
trad. (窮盡)		窮	盡
simp. (穷尽)		穷	尽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngjìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ zeon⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiông-chǐn / kiông-chīn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qióngjìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngjìn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-chin⁴
    • Yale: chyúng-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongjinn
    • Palladius: цюнцзинь (cjunczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ zeon⁶
    • Yale: kùhng jeuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ dzoen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ zên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sɵn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiông-chǐn
    • Tâi-lô: kiông-tsǐn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sin²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiông-chīn
    • Tâi-lô: kiông-tsīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiongcin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sin²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sin²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sin³³/

Noun

窮盡

1. limit; end

Synonyms

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• 止境 (zhǐjìng)
• 盡頭 / 尽头 (jìntóu)
• 終點 / 终点 (zhōngdiǎn)
• 邊限 / 边限 (biānxiàn)

 

Verb

窮盡

1. to exhaust; to use up (one's energy, etc.)

Synonyms

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• 枯竭 (kūjié) (figurative)
• 用光 (yòngguāng)
• 用掉 (yòngdiào)
• 用盡 / 用尽 (yòngjìn)
• 竭盡 / 竭尽 (jiéjìn)
• 絕 / 绝 (jué)
• 耗盡 / 耗尽 (hàojìn)
• 致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)