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劲

jìn

strong, unyielding, tough, power

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Strokes
7
Radical
力
HSK
4
Tone
4

Traditional form: 勁

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 他知道她有点不对劲。

    Tā zhī dào tā yǒu diǎn bù duì jìn

    He knew that something was wrong with her.

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  • 快点,我们要加把劲了。

    Kuài diǎn wǒ men yào jiā bǎ jìn le

    Come on, we need to hustle.

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  • 你这种人差劲吗!

    Nǐ zhè zhǒng rén chà jìn ma

    You are a disappointing person!

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  • 洗衣机有些不对劲。

    Xǐ yī jī yǒu xiē bù duì jìn

    Something is wrong with the washing machine.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 劲

  • 使劲shǐ jìn 3–4 to exert all one's strength
  • 有劲儿yǒujìnr5 5Strength
  • 使劲儿shǐ jìn r 3–4 erhua variant of 使劲; to exert all one's strength
  • 干劲gàn jìn 4–4 enthusiasm for doing sth
  • 劲头jìn tóu 4–2 enthusiasm; zeal; vigor; strength
  • 强劲qiáng jìng 2–4 strong; powerful; robust
  • 费劲fèi jìn 4–4 to require effort; strenuous
  • 没劲méi jìn 2–4 to have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted; feeling listless; boring; of no interest
  • 较劲jiào jìn 4–4 to match one's strength with; to compete; more competitive; to set oneself against sb; disobliging; to make a special effort
  • 起劲qǐ jìn 3–4 energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic
  • 一个劲儿yī gè jìn r 1–4–4 → 2–4–4erhua variant of 一个劲; continuously