力學

力學

See also: 力学

Chinese

		power; force; strength	learn; study; science learn; study; science; ‑ology
trad. (力學)		力	學
simp. (力学)		力	学
anagram		學力／学力

Etymology

Attestable in ancient Chinese texts in its original verb form, "to study hard". The modern reading of "mechanics", Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 力学 (りきがく) (rikigaku, “mechanics”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìxué

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶ hok⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): le̍k-ha̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lìxué
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihshyue
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìsyué
    • IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ ɕɥɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lik⁶ hok⁶
    • Yale: lihk hohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹ hok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶ hog⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚² hɔːk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-ha̍k
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k-ha̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leghak
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² hak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪk̚²⁴⁻²² hak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² hak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² hak̚⁴/

Noun

力學

1. (physics) mechanics

Derived terms

經典力學／经典力学 (jīngdiǎn lìxué)

量子力學／量子力学 (liàngzǐ lìxué)

Verb

力學

1. (literary) to study hard

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
力	學
りき Grade: 1	がく Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Proper noun

力學 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 力学, hiragana りきがく, rōmaji rikigaku)

1. Kyūjitai form of 力学 (“mechanics”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
力	學

Noun

力學 • (yeokhak, McCune-Reischauer: yŏkhak, Yale: yek.hak) (hangeul 역학)

1. Hanja form^? of 역학 (“mechanics”).