---
title: "Jintou Meaning: 尽头 (end) or 劲头 (enthusiasm)?"
description: "尽头 (traditional 盡頭, jìntóu) means “end; extremity”. Not the jintou you heard? See 劲头. Hear its tones, see what 尽 and 头 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jintou"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 尽头 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

尽头 jìntóu

## end; extremity

## Its characters

1. 尽 jìn to the utmost
2. 头 tóu top

## In a sentence

走廊尽头就是洗手间。 The restroom is at the end of the hallway.

他想：“这里一定是世界的**尽头**了。

From [五行山下 · Under the Five-Element Mountain](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/under-the-five-element-mountain-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-8#library-word-520-522)

[More about 尽头](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B0%BD%E5%A4%B4)

## Other words said jintou

- [劲头jìntóuenthusiasm](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8A%B2%E5%A4%B4)

## More words with 尽 or 头

- [从头 cóngtóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/congtou)
- [带头 dàitóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daitou)
- [点头 diǎntóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/diantou)
- [低头 dītóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/ditou)
- [个头 gètóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/getou)
- [过头 guòtóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/guotou)
- [骨头 gǔtou](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/gutou)
- [回头 huítóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huitou)
- [街头 jiētóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jietou)
- [镜头 jìngtóu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jingtou)

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