動力

See also: 动力

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	power; force; strength
trad. (動力)		動	力
simp. (动力)		动	力

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 動力(どうりょく) (dōryoku, “(electric) power”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dònglì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ lik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǒng-lia̍k / tōng-le̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dònglì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dònglì
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: dùng-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqlih
    • Palladius: дунли (dunli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung⁶ lik⁶
    • Yale: duhng lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² lɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒng-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tǒng-lia̍k
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²² liak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tōng-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxnglek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 動力

1. motive power
2. force; impetus
3. motivation (to do something)

Related terms

• 動機／动机 (dòngjī)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
動	力
どう Grade: 3	りょく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

動(どう)力(りょく) • (dōryoku) 

1. power
2. (electric) power
3. motive power

Descendants

• Chinese: 動力／动力 (dònglì)
• Korean: 동력 (dongnyeok)
• Vietnamese: động lực

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Korean

Hanja in this term
動	力

Noun

動力 • (dongnyeok) (hangeul 동력)

1. Hanja form^? of 동력 (“motive power”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
動	力

Noun

動力

1. Template:han tu form of