着劲儿 zhuójìnr to exert effort Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 着劲 著勁 zhuójìn to exert effort to put effort into something; to try really hard儿 兒 r particleaffix [erhua suffix] A suffix attached to a word to form a retroflex ending, often indicating a small size, a sense of familiarity, or turning a word into a noun.