尽头

• 拼音: jìn tóu
• 汉字拆解: 尽 = to exhaust, finish; 头 = head, end

含义

End; terminus; extremity. The point where something finishes or can go no further.

Used for physical endpoints (end of a road, hallway) and metaphorical ones (end of possibilities, patience). Often appears in literary or philosophical contexts when discussing limits or boundaries. Can carry either neutral or melancholic connotations.

例句

1. 走到走廊尽头，你会看到一扇红色的门。
2. 他觉得自己已经走到了人生的尽头。
3. 探索宇宙似乎永远没有尽头。

用法指南

语境: directions, philosophy, literature

语气: descriptive

正确说法

• 路的尽头是一片森林。(At the end of the road is a forest.)
• 耐心也有尽头。(Even patience has its limits.)

错误说法

• 尽头时间 (Don't use 尽头 with time directly — use 结束 or 末尾 instead; 尽头 is for spatial or abstract endpoints)

起源与历史

Composed of 尽 (to exhaust; end) + 头 (head; end). Together meaning the final point or terminus.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal