Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- jié
English
- put forth great effort
- to exhaust
- exhaust
- utmost
- used up; lost its function
粵語
- 用盡
- 冇晒；唔可以再運作
As a component in
Words containing 竭
- 竭力kit3 lik6
to do one's utmost
- 衰竭seoi1 kit3
(of an organ or bodily function) failure; to fail
- 枯竭fu1 kit3
used up
- 竭盡kit3 zeon6
to use up; to exhaust
- 竭盡全力kit3 zeon6 cyun4 lik6
(idiom) to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
- 精疲力竭zing1 pei4 lik6 kit3
spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent
- 竭心kit3 sam1
to do one's utmost
- 血竭hyut3 kit3
dragon's blood (bright red tree resin)
- 竭誠kit3 sing4
wholeheartedly
- 熱衰竭jit6 seoi1 kit3
heat exhaustion
- 罄竭hing3 kit3
variant of 磬竭[qing4 jie2]
- 匱竭gwai6 kit3
exhausted
- 竭盡所能kit3 zeon6 so2 nang4
to try one's best; to make one's utmost contribution
- 殫竭daan1 kit3
to use up
- 力竭lik6 kit3
exhausted; worn out
- 窮竭kung4 kit3
to exhaust
- 竭嘢git6 je5
- 窮竭法kung4 kit3 faat3
Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)
- 心力衰竭sam1 lik6 seoi1 kit3
heart failure
- 盡心竭力zeon6 sam1 kit3 lik6
to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
- 聲嘶力竭sing1 sai1 lik6 kit3
to shout oneself hoarse (idiom)
- 腎衰竭san5 seoi1 kit3
kidney failure
- 磬竭hing3 kit3
used up
- 竭澤而漁kit3 zaak6 ji4 jyu4
lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom)