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竭 jié Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jié | jie2
English translation
to exhaust
to exhaust; to put forth great effort

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About 竭 jié

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

竭 jié

Contains the radical

立 Lì

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

stand

Etymology of 竭 jié

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰立曷

Semantic compound

立 Lì

Phonetic compound

曷 hé

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 立 Lì represents the meaning and 曷 hé represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 竭 jié

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教 Jiào 了 le 一 yī 天 tiān 课 kè , 她 tā 精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié .

At the end of a day's teaching, her nerves were absolutely shattered.

这 zhè 男孩 nán hái 精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié , 又 yòu 饥 jī 又 yòu 渴 kě , 倒 dǎo 在 zài 海边 hǎi biān 的 de 沙滩 shātān 上 shǎng .

The boy, tired, hungry and thirsty, fell down on the beach.

彼得 Bǐ dé 的 de 朋友 péngyou 们 men 竭力 jié lì 使 shǐ 他 tā 戒酒 jiè jiǔ .

Peter's friends do all they can to dry him out.

他 tā 声嘶力竭 shēng sī lì jié 地 de 大 dà 叫 jiào .

He suddenly cried out at the top of his voice.

这时 zhè shí 我 wǒ 已 yǐ 智穷力竭 jié .

I was now at the end of my tether.

Words with 竭 jié

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
衰竭 shuāi jié organ failure衰竭 shuāi jié
竭尽全力 jiéjìnquánlì to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost竭盡全力
竭力 jié lì to do one's utmost竭力 jié lì
竭尽 jié jìn to use up竭盡
竭 jié to exhaust竭 jié
枯竭 kū jié used up枯竭 kū jié
精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié drained精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié
心力衰竭 xīn lì shuāi jié heart failure心力衰竭 xīn lì shuāi jié
声嘶力竭 shēng sī lì jié to shout oneself hoarse (idiom)聲嘶力竭
竭诚 jié chéng wholeheartedly竭誠
殚精竭虑 dān jīng jié lǜ to rack one's brains殫精竭慮
尽心竭力 jìn xīn jié lì to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost盡心竭力
竭泽而渔 jié zé ér yú lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom)竭澤而漁
血竭 xuè jié dragon's blood (bright red tree resin)血竭 xuè jié
穷竭 qióng jié to exhaust窮竭
匮竭 kuì jié exhausted匱竭
殚竭 dān jié to use up殫竭
罄竭 qìng jié used up罄竭 qìng jié
再衰三竭 zài shuāi sān jié on one's last legs再衰三竭 zài shuāi sān jié
穷竭法 qióng jié fǎ Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)窮竭法

竭 jié Decomposition & Compounds

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竭 jié Decomposition

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