使劲

shǐjìn

to exert all one's strength

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 6 trad. 使勁

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使

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Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • 有劲yǒujìnvigorousB6
  • 费劲fèijìnto require effortB7
  • 干劲gànjìnenthusiasm for doing sthB7
  • 较劲jiàojìnto match one's strength withB7
  • jìnstrengthB7
  • 劲头jìntóuenthusiasmB7
  • 没劲méijìnto have no strengthB7

See it in sentences

他使劲推开门。

He pushed the door open with all his strength.

你使劲按一下试试。

Try pressing hard on it.