盡量

See also: 尽量

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 sth)	capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
trad. (盡量)		盡	量
simp. (尽量*)		尽	量

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnliàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon⁶ loeng⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chīn-liōng / chǐn-liōng / chīn-liāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnliàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnliàng
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-liang⁴
    • Yale: jìn-lyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnlianq
    • Palladius: цзиньлян (czinʹljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 儘量／尽量 盡量／尽量

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zeon⁶ loeng⁶
    • Yale: jeuhn leuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen⁶ loeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên⁶ lêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn²² lœːŋ²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 儘量／尽量 盡量／尽量

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīn-liōng
    • Tâi-lô: tsīn-liōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cixnliong
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ liɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin³³⁻²¹ liɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin²²⁻²¹ liɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǐn-liōng
    • Tâi-lô: tsǐn-liōng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin²² liɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīn-liāng
    • Tâi-lô: tsīn-liāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cixnliang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin²²⁻²¹ liaŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin³³⁻²¹ liaŋ³³/

Verb

盡量

1. to reach the limit

   他喝酒有節制，不盡量。 [MSC, trad.]
   他喝酒有节制，不尽量。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā hējiǔ yǒu jiézhì, bù jìnliàng. [Pinyin]

   He drinks in moderation and doesn't reach his limit.

Usage notes

Often confused with 儘量／尽量 (jǐnliàng, “to the best of one's ability”) in speech and writing.

See also

• 儘早／尽早 (jǐnzǎo)

References

• “Entry #10707”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 盡量 – see 儘量 (“as much as possible; to the greatest extent; to the best of one's ability”). (This term is a variant form of 儘量).