目力

Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (目力)		目	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ lik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùlì
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: mù-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhlih
    • Palladius: мули (muli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ lik⁶
    • Yale: muhk lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² lɪk̚²/

Noun

目力

1. (literary, literally) eyesight; vision
2. (literary, figuratively) discernment; power of observation

Synonyms

• (eyesight):

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• 目水 (Hakka, Leizhou Min)
• 眼力 (yǎnlì)
• 眼火 (⁶nge-hu) (Ningbonese)
• 眼神 (yǎnshén) (Mainland China, colloquial)
• 視 / 视 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 視力 / 视力 (shìlì)

• (discernment):

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• 慧眼 (huìyǎn)
• 目光 (mùguāng)
• 目潲 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 目識 / 目识 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 目頭 / 目头 (Hokkien)
• 眼光 (yǎnguāng)
• 眼力 (yǎnlì)
• 眼孔 (yǎnkǒng)
• 眼水 (ngaan⁵ seoi²) (Cantonese, dialectal Mandarin)
• 眼界 (yǎnjiè)
• 觀察力 / 观察力 (guānchálì)
• 識別力 / 识别力 (shíbiélì)
• 鑒賞力 / 鉴赏力 (jiànshǎnglì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
目	力
め Grade: 1	ちから > ぢから Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

目(め)力(ぢから) • (mejikara) 

1. strong impression conveyed by one's eyes; eyes that convey a strong sense of purpose​