迫力

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (迫力)		迫	力
simp. #(迫力)		迫	力
alternative forms		逼力

Etymology

Borrowed from English brake.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik⁶ lik¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik⁶ lik¹
    • Yale: bihk līk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁹ lik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: big⁶ lig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚² lɪk̚⁵/

Noun

迫力

1. (Cantonese) brake pedal
2. (Cantonese) brakes

Synonyms

• (brakes):

Dialectal synonyms of 剎車 (“brakes”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		剎車
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	剎車, 剎車器
Cantonese	Hong Kong	迫力
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	不力器
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	不力器
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	不力器
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	不力器
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	不力器
Southern Min	Xiamen	車禁
	Quanzhou	車禁
	Zhangzhou	車禁
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	擋仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	擋仔
	Tainan	車擋, 擋仔, 車禁
	Tainan (Anping)	擋仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	brek

Derived terms

• 迫力皮

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
迫	力
はく Grade: S	りょく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はく​りょく [hàkúꜜryòkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝɾʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

迫(はく)力(りょく) • (hakuryoku) 

1. force; punch; power; impact

   迫力(はくりょく)のある歌(うた)

   hakuryoku no aru uta

   powerful song