原動力

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	motive power; force; impetus motive power; force; impetus; motivation
trad. (原動力)		原	動力
simp. (原动力)		原	动力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuándònglì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ dung⁶ lik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-tōng-le̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuándònglì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuándònglì
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-tung⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: ywán-dùng-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuandonqlih
    • Palladius: юаньдунли (juanʹdunli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ dung⁶ lik⁶
    • Yale: yùhn duhng lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ dung⁶ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ dung⁶ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ tʊŋ²² lɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-tōng-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: guân-tōng-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goandoxnglek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/

Noun

原動力

1. driving force; prime mover
2. first cause; agent