Usage note
尽量表示在可能范围内做得最好。
jǐn liàng biǎo shì zài kě néng fàn wéi nèi zuò dé zuì hǎo。
尽量 means to do as much as possible within limits.
Context note
尽量常用于建议、安排和提醒。
jǐn liàng cháng yòng yú jiàn yì 、 ān pái hé tí xǐng。
It is often used with advice, arrangements, and reminders.
5 examples
请尽量早点来。
qǐng jǐn liàng zǎo diǎn lái。
Please come as early as possible.
尽量少说话。
jǐn liàng shǎo shuō huà。
Try to speak as little as possible.
我们要尽量节省时间。
wǒ men yào jǐn liàng jié shěng shí jiān。
We should try to save time as much as possible.
尽量不要迟到。
jǐn liàng bú yào chí dào。
Try not to be late.
他尽量保持安静。
tā jǐn liàng bǎo chí ān jìng。
He tried his best to stay quiet.
5 mini stories
老师说，尽量把字写好。
lǎo shī shuō， jǐn liàng bǎ zì xiě hǎo。
The teacher said to write the characters as well as possible.
她尽量帮大家。
tā jǐn liàng bāng dà jiā。
She tried her best to help everyone.
尽量每天练习一点。
jǐn liàng měi tiān liàn xí yì diǎn。
Try to practice a little every day.
他们尽量早一点出发。
tā men jǐn liàng zǎo yì diǎn chū fā。
They tried to leave a little earlier.
尽量简单说明会更好。
jǐn liàng jiǎn dān shuō míng huì gèng hǎo。
Explaining as simply as possible will be better.
Mini dialogue
早点睡觉
A
你每天晚上几点睡觉？
Nǐ měitiān wǎnshang jǐ diǎn shuìjiào?
What time do you go to bed every night?
B
我尽量九点前睡，这样早上精神好。
Wǒ jǐnliàng jiǔ diǎn qián shuì, zhèyàng zǎoshang jīngshén hǎo.
I try to sleep before nine o'clock as much as possible, so I feel energetic in the morning.
吃蔬菜
A
你不喜欢吃胡萝卜吗？
Nǐ bù xǐhuan chī húluóbo ma?
Don't you like eating carrots?
B
不太喜欢，但妈妈说有营养，我会尽量吃一点。
Bù tài xǐhuan, dàn māma shuō yǒu yíngyǎng, wǒ huì jǐnliàng chī yīdiǎn.
Not really, but Mom says they are nutritious, so I will eat a little as much as possible.
Related words and contrasts
similar
尽可能
jǐn kěnéng
as much as possible
Both mean to the greatest extent, but 尽量 is more common in daily speech.
contrast
稍微
shāowēi
a little bit
尽量 means as much as possible, while 稍微 means just a little.