尽头 jìntóu end
end; extremity; limit
How to remember 尽头: 尽 exhaust + 头 head = end.
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How it is used
- The very end / far limit of something extending - 路的尽头 (lù de jìntóu) the end of the road; 走到尽头 (zǒu dào jìntóu) reach the end.
- Note 尽 reads jìn here; used for roads, corridors, and figuratively 生命的尽头 (life's end).
- Contrast 结束 (jiéshù, an event ending) - 尽头 is a spatial or metaphorical far point.