費力

See also: 费力

Chinese

		to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname	power; force; strength
trad. (費力)		費	力
simp. (费力)		费	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèilì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ lik⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hùi-la̍t / hùi-lia̍k / hùi-le̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui³ lag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèilì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèilì
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: fèi-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feylih
    • Palladius: фэйли (fɛjli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai³ lik⁶
    • Yale: fai lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei³ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ lɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: huì-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huielat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ lat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²¹⁻⁴¹ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹⁻⁵³ lat̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: huì-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huieliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: huì-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huielek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ liɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²¹⁻⁴¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹⁻⁵³ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui³ lag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hùi la̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ lak̚⁴/

Verb

費⫽力 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to need or exert great effort; to strain; to be strenuous

Synonyms

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