力氣

See also: 力气

Chinese

		power; force; strength	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (力氣)		力	氣
simp. (力气)		力	气
anagram		氣力／气力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìqi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶ hei³
• Gan (Wiktionary): lit⁶ qi
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): li̍t-hi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍k-khì / le̍k-khì
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸liq-chi₅ / ⁷liq₈-chi₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìqi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìci̊
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-chʻi⁵
    • Yale: lì-chi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih.chi
    • Palladius: лици (lici)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lik⁶ hei³
    • Yale: lihk hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚² hei̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lit⁶ qi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lit̚⁵ t͡ɕʰi²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li̍t-hi
    • Hakka Romanization System: lid hi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lid⁶ hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lit̚⁵ hi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k-khì
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍k-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liagqix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴⁻² kʰi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-khì
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: legqix
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² kʰi²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸liq-chi₅
    • MiniDict: lih^入 chi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵liq-qi₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɪʔ¹¹ t͡ɕʰi²³/
  • (Northern: Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁷liq₈-chi₅
    • MiniDict: lih^入 chi^去
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /liɪʔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

Noun

力氣

1. physical strength; physical power; energy

   出力氣／出力气  ―  chū lìqi  ―  to exert energy

   我出點力氣就覺得喘氣費勁。 [MSC, trad.]
   我出点力气就觉得喘气费劲。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ chū diǎn lìqi jiù juéde chuǎnqì fèijìn. [Pinyin]

   I feel breathless with the slightest effort.

Synonyms

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

 

Derived terms

• 力氣活／力气活
• 吃奶的力氣／吃奶的力气
• 白費蠟白費力氣／白费蜡白费力气
• 賣力氣／卖力气 (mài lìqi)