# 盡善盡美
## Chinese

| | | to use up; to exhaust; to endto use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something) | good | to use up; to exhaust; to endto use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something) | beautiful; beauty; America |
| trad. (盡善盡美) | trad. (盡善盡美) | 盡 | 善 | 盡 | 美 |
| simp. (尽善尽美) | simp. (尽善尽美) | 尽 | 善 | 尽 | 美 |
| Literally: “to exhaust what is good and beautiful; to be unsurpassed in goodness and beauty”. ||||||

### Etymology

From the Analects, Book 3 (《論語·八佾》):
    子謂韶，「盡美矣，又盡善也。」謂武，「盡美矣，未盡善也」。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]子谓韶，「尽美矣，又尽善也。」谓武，「尽美矣，未尽善也」。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionZǐ wèi Sháo, “jìn měi yǐ, yòu jìn shàn yě.” Wèi Wǔ, “jìn měi yǐ, wèi jìn shàn yě”. [Pinyin]The Master said of the Shao that it was perfectly beautiful and also perfectly good. He said of the Wu that it was perfectly beautiful but not perfectly good.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jìnshànjìnměi
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄇㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon$^6$ sin$^6$ zeon$^6$ mei$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chīn-siān-chīn-bí
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jìnshànjìnměi
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄇㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jìnshànjìnměi
*** Wade–Giles: chin$^4$-shan$^4$-chin$^4$-mei$^3$
*** Yale: jìn-shàn-jìn-měi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnshannjinnmeei
*** Palladius: цзиньшаньцзиньмэй (czinʹšanʹczinʹmɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zeon$^6$ sin$^6$ zeon$^6$ mei$^5$
*** Yale: jeuhn sihn jeuhn méih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen$^6$ sin$^6$ dzoen$^6$ mei$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zên$^6$ xin$^6$ zên$^6$ méi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵn²² siːn²² t͡sɵn²² mei̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīn-siān-chīn-bí
*** Tâi-lô: tsīn-siān-tsīn-bí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cixnsiexncixnbie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin²²⁻²¹ siɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ bi⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁴¹⁻²² siɛn⁴¹⁻²² t͡sin⁴¹⁻²² bi⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin²²⁻²¹ siɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡sin²²⁻²¹ bi⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ siɛn³³⁻¹¹ t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ bi⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin³³⁻²¹ siɛn³³⁻²¹ t͡sin³³⁻²¹ bi⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: dzinX dzyenX dzinX mijX
Rime :
| Character | 盡 | 善 | 美 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) | 常 (25) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) | 仙 (77) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 慈忍切 | 常演切 | 無鄙切 |
| Baxter | dzinX | dzyenX | mijX |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ziɪn$^X$/ | /d͡ʑiᴇn$^X$/ | /mˠiɪ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zin$^X$/ | /d͡ʑiɛn$^X$/ | /mᵚi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zjen$^X$/ | /d͡ʑjæn$^X$/ | /miɪ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zin$^X$/ | /d͡ʑian$^X$/ | /mji$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ziĕn$^X$/ | /ʑiɛn$^X$/ | /mji$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zĭĕn$^X$/ | /ʑĭɛn$^X$/ | /mi$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi̯ĕn$^X$/ | /ʑi̯ɛn$^X$/ | /mi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jìn | shàn | mǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zan$^6$ | sin$^6$ | mei$^5$ |

### Idiom

盡善盡美
* perfect; flawless

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: tận thiện tận mỹ (盡善盡美)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 盡 | 善 | 盡 | 美 |

### Idiom

盡善盡美
* chữ Hán form of tận thiện tận mỹ (“very good or beautiful”).