牙力

Chinese

		tooth; ivory	power; force; strength
trad. (牙力)		牙	力
simp. #(牙力)		牙	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yálì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁴ lik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yálì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yálì
    • Wade–Giles: ya²-li⁴
    • Yale: yá-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yalih
    • Palladius: яли (jali)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁴ lik⁶
    • Yale: ngàh lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː²¹ lɪk̚²/

Noun

牙力

1. ability to chew
   • 2012 June 11, “80後愛上拍流動短片”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     訪問後，他們深感明叔有心；「他知道老人家無牙力，特意選用優質的軟身米，又刻意將菜煮熟一些，方便咀嚼。如此出心出力，一盅飯只售15元，還送灼菜一碟。」 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     访问后，他们深感明叔有心；「他知道老人家无牙力，特意选用优质的软身米，又刻意将菜煮熟一些，方便咀嚼。如此出心出力，一盅饭只售15元，还送灼菜一碟。」 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     fong² man⁶ hau⁶, taa¹ mun⁴ sam¹ gam² ming⁴ suk¹ jau⁵ sam¹; “taa¹ zi¹ dou³ lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹ mou⁴ ngaa⁴ lik⁶, dak⁶ ji³ syun² jung⁶ jau¹ zat¹ dik¹ jyun⁵ san¹ mai⁵, jau⁶ hak¹ ji³ zoeng¹ coi³ zyu² suk⁶ jat¹ se¹, fong¹ bin⁶ zeoi² zoek³. jyu⁴ ci² ceot¹ sam¹ ceot¹ lik⁶, jat¹ zung¹ faan⁶ zi² sau⁶ 15 jyun⁴, waan⁴ sung³ coek³ coi³ jat¹ dip⁶.” [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Cantonese) persuasiveness and authority when speaking