帝力

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai³ lik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tè-lia̍k / Tè-le̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìlì
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: dì-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihlih
    • Palladius: дили (dili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 地利 地力 地栗 帝力

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai³ lik⁶
    • Yale: dai lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai³ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei³ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³³ lɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tè-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Tè-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dealiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tè-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Tè-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dealek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te²¹⁻⁵³ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²¹⁻⁵³ liɪk̚¹²¹/

Etymology 1

Noun

帝力

1. force of the emperor

   • 日出而作，日入而息；
     鑿井而飲，耕田而食。
     帝力於我何有哉！ [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     日出而作，日入而息；
     凿井而饮，耕田而食。
     帝力于我何有哉！ [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Anonymous,《擊壤歌》, reputedly the oldest Chinese poem, sung in the reign of Emperor Yao, first attested in Lunheng with the last line being different (this version first attested in 《古詩源》), translated by James Legge.

     Rìchū ér zuò, rìrù ér xī;
     Záojǐng ér yǐn, gēngtián ér shí.
     Dìlì yú wǒ hé yǒu zāi! [Pinyin]

     We rise at sunrise,
     We rest at sunset,
     Dig wells and drink,
     Till our fields and eat;—
     What is the strength of the emperor to us?

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Dili.

Proper noun

帝力

1. (Mainland China) Dili (a city, the capital city of East Timor)

Synonyms

• (Taiwan) 狄力 (Dílì)