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 something)	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

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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    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

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

“盡量”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

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).