用力

Chinese

		to use	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (用力)		用	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yònglì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ lik⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yung-li̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ēng-la̍t / iōng-la̍t / iōng-le̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yònglì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yònglì
    • Wade–Giles: yung⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: yùng-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqlih
    • Palladius: юнли (junli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁶ lik⁶
    • Yale: yuhng lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² lɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung-li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: iung lid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung⁴ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ⁵⁵ lit̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung-li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung lid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung⁴ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵ lit̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ēng-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: īng-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exnglat
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ³³⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²²⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² lat̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: iōng-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioxnglat
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ lat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ lat̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: iōng-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioxnglek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/

Verb

用⫽力 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to exert oneself; to apply one's force

   用力捽 [Cantonese]  ―  jung⁶ lik⁶ cyut³ [Jyutping]  ―  to rub forcefully

2. to make an effort; to strive; to endeavor; to work hard

Synonyms

• (to exert oneself):

• 下勁／下劲 (xiàjìn)
• 丕命 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 丕性命 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 使勁／使劲 (shǐjìn)
• 使勁兒／使劲儿 (si² jingr³) (Jin, chiefly Mandarin)
• 用力氣／用力气 (yòng lìqi)
• 用勁／用劲 (yòngjìn)
• 行力 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

• (to make an effort):

• 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)
• 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／卖力 (màilì)
• 賣力氣／卖力气 (mài lìqi)