賣力氣

Chinese

		sell	physical strength; physical power; energy
trad. (賣力氣)		賣	力氣
simp. (卖力气)		卖	力气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mài lìqi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ lik⁶ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mài lìqi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mài lìci̊
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴ li⁴-chʻi⁵
    • Yale: mài lì-chi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may lih.chi
    • Palladius: май лици (maj lici)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶ lik⁶ hei³
    • Yale: maaih lihk hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ lik⁹ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ lig⁶ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² lɪk̚² hei̯³³/

Verb

賣⫽力氣 (verb-object)

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)
• 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／卖力 (màilì)