夠力

Chinese

		to reach; to be enough	power; force; strength
trad. (夠力/够力)		夠/够	力
simp. (够力)		够	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòulì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ lik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kàu-la̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòulì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòulì
    • Wade–Giles: kou⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: gòu-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gowlih
    • Palladius: гоули (gouli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau³ lik⁶
    • Yale: gau lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ lɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kàu-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaolat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau²¹⁻⁵³ lat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /kau²¹⁻⁴² lat̚⁴³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau²¹⁻⁵³ lat̚⁴/

Adjective

夠力

1. (Cantonese, Singapore Hokkien, Singapore Hakka, Malaysian and Singapore Mandarin) powerful; strong
2. (Malaysian and Singapore Mandarin) great; very good

Verb

夠力

1. (Mainland China Hokkien) to involve much effort; to be a strain; to be exhausting

Synonyms

• 了力 (Min Nan)
• 吃力 (chīlì)
• 吃勁／吃劲 (chījìn)
• 硬斗 (Hokkien)
• 硬繚／硬缭 (Hokkien)
• 著力／着力 (zhuólì)
• 費力／费力 (fèilì)
• 費勁／费劲 (fèijìn) (colloquial)
• 食力 (Hokkien)
• 食工 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)