Chinese Character 力 (lik6 | li4) : strength; force; power

Remove Adverts
What is this page showing me?

力
lik6 li4
[1] strength [2] force; power [3] ability; capability [4] vigor [5] vigorously; earnestly [6] [v] do one's best [7] KangXi radical 19 Stroke count: 2 Level: 1 Radical: 力 (#19)
力
This character was last edited on 9th Apr 2008
Sponsors: Pine Furniture \| One-on-One Online Chinese Tutoring \| Classic Games Mandarin \| Learn Spanish \| Free dish TV deals \| Chinese Language
大力 daai6 lik6 da4 li4 = strong (muscular) 電力 din6 lik6 dian4 li4 = electric power 力小 lik6 siu2 = weak, feeble, lacking in strength ? 能力 nang4 lik6 neng2 li4 = ability 朱古力 zyu1 gu21 lik61 = chocolate 巧克力 haau2 hak1 lik6 qiao3 ke4 li4 = chocolate (Mandarin transliteration) \| Cant. 朱古力國重力 zung6 lik6 zhong4 li4 = gravity 人力車 jan4 lik6 ce1 = rickshaw 引力 jan5 lik6 = gravity 無能為力 mou4 nang4 wai4 lik6 wu2 neng2 wei2 li4 = powerless; impotent See all 229 compounds
Showing 10 of 11 examples containing 力我週身冇力粵 edit I don't have any energy. 講就天下無敵，做就無能為力。 edit [He] talks as if no one in the world could match him, but when he must act, he is completely incapable. 要唔要加$5換朱古力? edit Do you want to pay $5 to get a chocolate? [note the absent character 購 from 換購] 要唔要加$5換購朱古力? edit Do you want to pay $5 to get a chocolate? 佢噉眼高手低真係嘥咗；無論佢嘅目標有幾崇高，佢都冇能力去做嘅。粵 ?! edit It's such a pity that no matter how big his aims are, he hasn't the ability to see them through. 緊要家陣開始努力溫書，考試過唔過到骨至少對得住自己良心。粵 edit 個肥仔出力噉住部三輪車粵 edit The fat guy is treading furiously on his tricycle. 出咗半斤力，想話攞返足八両。粵 edit After giving half a catty of effort, all I'm asking for is to get back eight taels. [From the song 《半斤八両》 by 許冠傑 (Sam Hui). Note: 1 catty (斤) equals 16 taels (両).] 我啲手下辦事不力，好對唔住粵 edit My subordinates did not do a good job, so sorry. 塊紙板唔受力﹐唔好加咁重。粵 edit The cardboard doesn't carry much weight. Don't add too much. Show all 11 examples Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only ? : Unknown usage

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/221/]力[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/221/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">力</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 力
Unicode code for this character: U+529b (off-site link)

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵