賣力

See also: 卖力

Chinese

		sell	power; force; strength
trad. (賣力)		賣	力
simp. (卖力)		卖	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màilì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ lik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): māi-lia̍k / māi-le̍k / bōe-la̍t / bē-la̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màilì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màilì
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: mài-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maylih
    • Palladius: майли (majli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶ lik⁶
    • Yale: maaih lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² lɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: māi-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maixliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi⁴¹⁻²² liak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: māi-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maixlek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mãi²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: buē-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexlat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bue²²⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bue⁴¹⁻²² lat̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bē-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexlat
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be²²⁻²¹ lat̚¹²¹/

Verb

賣力

1. to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
2. to work as a labourer; to do manual labour for a living

Synonyms

• (to strive one's hardest):

• 一力 (yīlì)
• 下力 (xiàlì)
• 不遺餘力／不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì)
• 僶俛／𠊟俯 (mǐnmiǎn) (literary)
• 儘力／尽力 (jìnlì) (archaic)
• 全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù)
• 出力 (chūlì)
• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 力圖／力图 (lìtú)
• 力求 (lìqiú)
• 力爭／力争 (lìzhēng)
• 加勁／加劲 (jiājìn)
• 努力 (nǔlì)
• 勉力 (miǎnlì)
• 呵嘶呵嘶 (o⁴ sr¹ o⁴ sr¹) (Xiang)
• 巴結／巴结 (bājie) (regional)
• 強力／强力 (qiánglì) (literary)
• 悉力 (xīlì) (literary)
• 打拼 (dǎpīn)
• 拍拚 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 拍灘／拍滩 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 拼搏 (pīnbó)
• 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
• 摔拍 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 攢勁／攒劲 (zan³ jin⁴) (Xiang)
• 極力／极力 (jílì)
• 殫力／殚力 (dānlì)
• 用力 (yònglì)
• 盡力／尽力 (jìnlì)
• 竭力 (jiélì)
• 竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)
• 落力 (lok⁶ lik⁶) (Cantonese, Pinghua, Hakka, Pinghua, Hokkien, Pinghua, Teochew, Pinghua, Wenzhounese, Pinghua)
• 賣力氣／卖力气 (mài lìqi)