下力

下力

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (下力)		下	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ lik⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): hē-la̍t / hě-la̍t / hēe-la̍t
• Xiang (Wiktionary): xia⁵ li⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàlì
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: syà-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahlih
    • Palladius: сяли (sjali)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ lik⁶
    • Yale: hah lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² lɪk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: hē-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hexlat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²²⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hě-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: hě-la̍t
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /he²² lat̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: hēe-la̍t
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ lat̚¹²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: xia⁵ li⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕia̠²¹⁻¹¹ li²⁴/

Verb

下力

1. to exert oneself; to make an effort; to strive; to do all one can

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 下力

一力 (yīlì) 全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù) 出力 (chūlì) 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds) 力求 (lìqiú) 努力 (nǔlì) 勉力 (miǎnlì) 呵嘶呵嘶 (Xiang) 悉力 (xīlì) (literary) 打拼 (dǎpīn) 拍拚 (Min Nan) 拼搏 (pīnbó) 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds) 用力 (yònglì) 竭力 (jiélì) 落力 (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan, Pinghua, Wenzhou)

不遺餘力／不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì) 僶俛／𠊟俯 (mǐnmiǎn) (literary) 儘力／尽力 (jìnlì) (archaic) 力圖／力图 (lìtú) 力爭／力争 (lìzhēng) 加勁／加劲 (jiājìn) 巴結／巴结 (bājie) (regional) 強力／强力 (qiánglì) (literary) 攢勁／攒劲 (Xiang) 極力／极力 (jílì) 殫力／殚力 (dānlì) 盡力／尽力 (jìnlì) 竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì) 賣力／卖力 (màilì) 賣力氣／卖力气 (mài lìqi)