尽 Before a Direction Word for the Farthest Position in Chinese
尽 + 方位词
Pronounced jǐn in this pattern, 尽 precedes a direction or location expression to identify the furthest available point: 尽前头, 尽北边, or 尽里头. It describes an extreme spatial position, not an exhausted action. The combination normally modifies or identifies a place and is restricted to suitable spatial expressions.
Published July 26, 2026
Reviewed July 26, 2026
01 / PATTERN
See the Structure
MODEL
尽 + direction/localizer expression
Read the structure
Pronounced jǐn in this pattern, 尽 precedes a direction or location expression to identify the furthest available point: 尽前头, 尽北边, or 尽里头. It describes an extreme spatial position, not an exhausted action. The combination normally modifies or identifies a place and is restricted to suitable spatial expressions. Keep the model 尽 + direction/localizer expression visible while you compare each sentence.
服务台在大厅尽前头。
The service desk is at the very front of the hall.
Choose the right context
Identify the furthest point in a stated direction. Place 尽 immediately before a direction word or localizer. Use it in spatial descriptions such as 尽前头, 尽南边, and 尽里头.
村子在山谷尽北边。
The village is at the far north end of the valley.
Respect the boundary
Do not read this spatial pattern as jìn meaning exhaust or finish. Do not put 尽 after the direction expression. Do not use it as a general high-degree adverb before any adjective.
保险箱在里头尽。
(The safe is at the very back inside.)
Repair the pattern
尽 follows rather than precedes the localizer: Spatial 尽 marks the furthest point and must directly precede the localizer 里头. Spatial 尽 is used before a nonspatial adjective: This jǐn pattern selects direction or location expressions; it is not a general substitute for 特别 or 极其.
保险箱在尽里头。
Use the repaired structure without changing the intended meaning.
02 / MAP
Read the Sentence
Read from left to right and notice the job performed by each part. The labels describe this example; they are not a rule that every Chinese sentence must copy.
服务台在大厅尽前头。
The service desk is at the very front of the hall.
服务
尽
This part occupies the 尽 position in the model pattern.
台
direction/localizer expression
This part occupies the direction/localizer expression position in the model pattern.
在
尽
This part occupies the 尽 position in the model pattern.
大厅
direction/localizer expression
This part occupies the direction/localizer expression position in the model pattern.
尽
尽
This part occupies the 尽 position in the model pattern.
前头
direction/localizer expression
This part occupies the direction/localizer expression position in the model pattern.
03 / EXAMPLES
Examples You Can Reuse
Keep the structure stable while changing the people, objects, times, or conditions. Pinyin is shown as reading support; use the Chinese sentence and translation to confirm the grammar relationship.
服务台在大厅尽前头。
The service desk is at the very front of the hall.
村子在山谷尽北边。
The village is at the far north end of the valley.
保险箱在柜子尽里头。
The safe is at the very back inside the cabinet.
04 / LIMITS
When to Use It — and When Not To
Use it when
- Identify the furthest point in a stated direction.
- Place 尽 immediately before a direction word or localizer.
- Use it in spatial descriptions such as 尽前头, 尽南边, and 尽里头.
Do not use it when
- Do not read this spatial pattern as jìn meaning exhaust or finish.
- Do not put 尽 after the direction expression.
- Do not use it as a general high-degree adverb before any adjective.
05 / REPAIR
Compare Right and Wrong
Compare the smallest meaningful change. Each explanation identifies a placement, scope, form, or clause relationship instead of treating the whole sentence as one undifferentiated mistake.
保险箱在里头尽。
保险箱在尽里头。
尽 follows rather than precedes the localizer
Spatial 尽 marks the furthest point and must directly precede the localizer 里头.
今天尽漂亮。
今天特别漂亮。
Spatial 尽 is used before a nonspatial adjective
This jǐn pattern selects direction or location expressions; it is not a general substitute for 特别 or 极其.
保险箱在里头尽。
Put spatial 尽 before the localizer: 尽里头.
今天尽漂亮。
Use a degree adverb; this 尽 selects spatial expressions.
06 / PRACTICE
Practice the Grammar Point
Complete three short tasks in order: judge the pattern, repair a common error, and build the sentence. Feedback is fixed and reviewed, so these activities do not use a checker allowance.
1. Judge the sentence
2. Choose the correction
3. Build the sentence
Build a complete sentence with 尽 + 方位词.
07 / APPLY
Apply It in Your Sentence
Write one original sentence with 尽 + 方位词. Your draft moves to the checker through this browser session, selects this grammar point as the first review focus, and waits for you to submit.
08 / QUESTIONS
尽 Before a Direction Word for the Farthest Position Questions
How is this 尽 pronounced?
It is jǐn in this spatial superlative pattern. Do not confuse it with jìn in verbs such as 用尽, meaning to use up.
Can 尽 modify every place word?
No. It works with expressions that have an interpretable extreme or endpoint, especially directional localizers such as 前头, 北边, and 里头.
09 / SOURCES
Sources and Review Notes
These references support different parts of the lesson. GF0025-2021 supports level placement only; professional grammar works support the explanation, limits, examples, and cross-checks. Their inclusion does not imply endorsement.
Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education (GF0025-2021)
Ministry of Education and State Language Commission · Ministry of Education of the PRC · 2021
Locator: Appendix A, official combined Levels 7-9 item 【七—九006】, 方位代词：尽（尽前头、尽北边）, PDF p. 243; assigned HSK 7 learning page
The official combined Levels 7-9 inventory supplies the exact spatial 尽 pattern and examples; HSK 7 is this site's internal learning assignment, not a separate official band.
Official source尽 as a Spatial Superlative
ChineseMaster editorial team · ChineseMaster · 2016
Locator: 最高程度を表す副詞, 尽 section; full teaching-page body opened
Restricts this 尽 to direction and location expressions and gives 尽前头, 尽下层, 尽南端, and 尽里头 examples.
Official sourceRevised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary
Ministry of Education, Taiwan · Ministry of Education, Taiwan · 2021
Locator: 盡 entry and 盡頭 entry; full dictionary bodies opened
Supports the underlying limit or endpoint meaning while distinguishing it from unrelated verbal senses.
Official source10 / CONTINUE
Continue with a Connected Rule
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地点Place Word Placement
Place a location phrase naturally before refining its internal endpoint with jǐn plus a direction expression.
Easy to confuse
格外 / 极 / 极其格外、极、极其: High Degree
Spatial 尽 marks the furthest location, while degree adverbs such as 极其 intensify a gradable predicate.
Compare
动词/形容词＋透了透了 for an Extreme State
尽 before a localizer marks a spatial extreme, whereas 透了 follows a predicate to mark an extreme resulting degree.
Easy to confuse
尽是尽是: Nothing but
Distinguish jǐn plus a localizer from 尽是, which uses 尽 to present all observed members as one kind.
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