劲 (jìn) — strength; energy
Definition
劲 (jìn) names the physical strength or energy a person brings to an action — more personal than 力量, and about drive or vigor rather than material 强度. Often appears with the measure word 把, as in 加把劲 ('put in more effort').
noun
strengthenergy
Measure word · 把
Easily confused
- 另lìnglook-alike(pronoun) another, other (used before a measure word or numeral-measure word phrase)
- 进jìnsound-aliketo enter, to go in
- 加jiālook-aliketo add, to put in
- 尽jìnsound-alike(verb) to use up, to exhaust, to finish
- 办bànlook-aliketo handle, to manage, to deal with (affairs)
- 近jìnsound-alikenear; close (in distance or time)
Examples
- ，。Tā gàn huó r hěn yǒu jìn, yì diǎn yě bù jué dé lèi.He works with great energy and doesn't feel tired at all.
- 劲，？Nǐ jīn tiān kàn qǐ lái méi shén me jìn, shì bu shì bù shū fu?You look pretty low on energy today, are you feeling unwell?
- ，。Dà jiā zài jiā bǎ jìn, mǎ shàng jiù dào shān dǐng le.Everyone, put in a bit more effort, we're almost at the mountaintop.
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