How do you say ‘I tried my best’ in Chinese?

First phrase this week comes from @s.t.r.a.n.g ✊

Next time you do something will all your energy, sparing no effort and trying your best, even if you fail – say:

我尽力了 Wǒ jìnlì le 💪

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尽 jìn – to use up to the greatest extent
力 lì – effort, power

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我尽力了 Wǒ jìnlì le – I tried my best

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To say this about the future, you can use the structure:

我一定会…的 Wǒ yídìng huì … de – I will certainly…
我一定会尽力的 Wǒ yídìng huì jìnlì de – I will certainly try my best

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How would you say “I really tried my best”?

@zammliu: 我真尽力了 对不对？

@yourmandarin: @zammliu 🏅很好！再加上一个字，“的”：我真的尽力了👌

@dllmiak: 我真的会尽力的

@yourmandarin: @dllmiak 😊🏅

@cnthomp: 我实在尽力了。

@yourmandarin: @cnthomp 💪🏅

@dickygouw18: 我真的真的尽力的

@yourmandarin: @dickygouw18 😊🏅*了！

@amandaswampler: 我 真的 尽力 了

@yourmandarin: @amandaswampler 非常好🏅

@mallowpiee: 我真的尽力了

@yourmandarin: @mallowpiee 非常好👏

@ulaelfatih: What’s the difference between.努力 and 尽力？. .

@yourmandarin: @ulaelfatih That’s a great question actually! First I thought 尽力 was stronger than 努力, but no. Native speakers say 尽力 means “to put all one’s effort” (but not necessarily in the right direction), and 努力 means “to try hard” (while choosing the direction wisely, and putting your effort in the right direction)😊 In other words, 努力 = you will succeed one day, and 尽力 = you might still fail

@ulaelfatih: @yourmandarin 了解了👌， 谢谢 ☺

@satriri: 我真的盡力了

@yourmandarin: @satriri 🏅 ”尽”的繁体字很美！

@mahad_cool: 我真尽力

@yourmandarin: @mahad_cool 🏅我真的尽力了👌 (Just add 的 and 了)

@mahad_cool: @yourmandarin 谢谢

@s.t.r.a.n.g: 我真尽力了

@yourmandarin: @s.t.r.a.n.g 👍🏅 One thing: 真+adj, 真的+verb/verb phrase (and 尽力 is more like a verb phrase, “to try your best”)

@s.t.r.a.n.g: @yourmandarin 谢谢，我还没学这个语法呢

@alice_eleni: 我真的是很尽力的

@yourmandarin: @alice_eleni 👍👍The construction you used would be totally fine with adjectives! But since 尽力 is basically a verb+noun, you can’t put it in this structure (imagine saying ”我真的是很吃饭的”, a similar case😅) So just get rid of 是很…的, and use 了 instead!🏅

@alice_eleni: @yourmandarin ”I really ate rice”! 😂😂 谢谢

@ts.choi1224: 我一定会尽力的。

@yourmandarin: @ts.choi1224 💪

@mercedesgallo53: 我真 尽力的!

@yourmandarin: @mercedesgallo53 👍 It’s better if you use 真…的 (for example, “真好的”, really good) with adjectives, and with verbs, don’t split 真的… (真的尽力了, really tried)☀️

@yourmandarin: @mercedesgallo53 I hope this is not too confusing😅

@mimibluj: 我真的尽力了

@yourmandarin: @mimibluj 非常好🏅

@tessahendershott: 我是真的尽力的

@yourmandarin: @tessahendershott 😊🏅

@l00m4ever: 我真的尽力了

@yourmandarin: @l00m4ever 🏅😎

@patrickthatsmyname: 尽心尽力！

@yourmandarin: @patrickthatsmyname 💪