力量

Chinese

		power; force; strength	capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
simp. and trad. (力量)		力	量
anagram		量力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lìliàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лилён (lili͡on, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶ loeng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): li̍t-liong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): le̍k-liōng / lia̍k-liōng / le̍k-liāng / la̍t-liōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìliàng → lìliang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ → ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìliång
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-liang⁵
    • Yale: lì-lyang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih.lianq
    • Palladius: лилян (liljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/ → /li⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лилён (lili͡on, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²⁴ liɑŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lik⁶ loeng⁶
    • Yale: lihk leuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹ loeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶ lêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚² lœːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li̍t-liong
    • Hakka Romanization System: lid liong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lid⁶ liong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lit̚⁵ li̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-liōng
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k-liōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: legliong
    • IPA (Kinmen): /liɪk̚⁵⁴⁻³² liɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² liɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² liɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k-liōng
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍k-liōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liagliong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴⁻² liɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-liāng
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k-liāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: legliang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ liaŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍t-liōng
    • Tâi-lô: la̍t-liōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ladliong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lat̚⁴⁻³² liɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lat̚²⁴⁻² liɔŋ⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 力量

1. strength (of body or mind)

   肌肉力量  ―  jīròu lìliang  ―  muscle strength

   化悲痛為力量／化悲痛为力量  ―  huà bēitòng wèi lìliang  ―  to turn grief into strength

2. power; force; might

   隱藏的力量／隐藏的力量  ―  yǐncáng de lìliàng  ―  hidden power

   軍事力量／军事力量  ―  jūnshì lìliang  ―  military might

   象徵力量／象征力量  ―  xiàngzhēng lìliàng  ―  to symbolize power

   善的力量能化解一切。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Shàn de lìliàng néng huàjiě yīqiè. [Pinyin]

   The power of compassion can resolve everything.

3. ability; capability; faculty
4. effect; result; outcome
5. effectiveness; efficacy; potency

Synonyms

• (strength):

(deprecated template usage)

• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 力息 (lì-sĭ) (Northern Min)
• 力氣／力气 (lìqi)
• 力水 (lik⁶ seoi²) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 勁頭／劲头 (jìntóu) (colloquial)
• 強力／强力 (qiánglì)
• 氣力／气力 (qìlì)
• 筋力 (jīnlì)
• 膂力 (lǚlì)
• 體力／体力 (tǐlì)

 

• (power):

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• 勢力／势力 (shìlì)
• 勢要／势要 (si⁴ yao⁴) (Sichuanese, or literary)
• 勢頭／势头 (shìtóu)
• 威力 (wēilì)
• 威勢／威势 (wēishì)
• 威權／威权 (wēiquán)
• 實力／实力 (shílì)
• 強力／强力 (qiánglì)
• 權勢／权势 (quánshì)
• 權焰／权焰 (quányàn) (literary)
• 聲勢／声势 (shēngshì)

 

• (ability):

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• 一手
• 人才 (réncái)
• 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
• 俊才 (jùncái)
• 兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu)
• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 功力 (gōnglì)
• 功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
• 天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
• 才具 (cáijù) (formal)
• 才力 (cáilì)
• 才器 (cáiqì) (literary)
• 才幹／才干 (cáigàn)
• 才情 (cáiqíng)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 手法 (shǒufǎ)
• 手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
• 才能
• 手腕 (shǒuwàn)
• 手腕子 (shou³ onn³ zr) (Xiang)
• 才華／才华 (cáihuá)
• 技巧 (jìqiǎo)
• 把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal)
• 技能 (jìnéng)
• 技藝／技艺 (jìyì)
• 技術／技术 (jìshù)
• 招數／招数 (zhāoshù)
• 本事
• 本領／本领 (běnlǐng)
• 材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
• 能力 (nénglì)
• 能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
• 能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial)
• 能量 (néngliàng)
• 花頭／花头 (Wu)
• 著數／着数
• 解數／解数
• 資力／资力 (zīlì)
• 路數／路数 (lùshù)
• 身手 (shēnshǒu)
• 道行

 

• (effect):

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• 分曉／分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
• 後果／后果 (hòuguǒ) (chiefly negative)
• 惡果／恶果 (èguǒ) (negative)
• 效應／效应 (xiàoyìng) (chiefly in biology, chemistry)
• 效果 (xiàoguǒ) (chiefly positive)
• 歸結／归结 (guījié)
• 產物／产物 (chǎnwù) (figurative)
• 結局／结局 (jiéjú)
• 結果／结果

 

• (effectiveness):

(deprecated template usage)

• 功力 (gōnglì)
• 功效 (gōngxiào)
• 性能 (xìngnéng)
• 應效／应效 (Hokkien)
• 效力 (xiàolì)
• 效率 (xiàolǜ)
• 效能 (xiàonéng)
• 效驗／效验 (xiàoyàn)
• 證驗／证验 (zhèngyàn)

 

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
力	量
りき Grade: 1	りょう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

力 (“power”) +‎ 量 (“amount”)

Noun

力(りき)量(りょう) • (rikiryō) 

1. ability, competence, biceps, (UK)calibre, (US)caliber