勞力

勞力

See also: 劳力

Chinese

Etymology 1

		toil	power; force; strength
trad. (勞力)		勞	力
simp. (劳力)		劳	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láolì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ lik⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lò-li̍t
• Min Nan (POJ): lô͘-lia̍k / lô-le̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láolì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láolì
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-li⁴
    • Yale: láu-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laulih
    • Palladius: лаоли (laoli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ lik⁶
    • Yale: lòuh lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ lɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lò-li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: loˇ lid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo² lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /lo¹¹ lit̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lôo-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴⁻²² liak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lô-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loilek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² liɪk̚¹²¹/

Noun

勞力

1. labour
2. manpower

Derived terms

勞心者治人，勞力者治於人／劳心者治人，劳力者治于人 (láoxīnzhězhìrén, láolìzhězhìyúrén)

半勞力／半劳力 (bànláolì)

Verb

勞力

1. (literary) to labour

Antonyms

• 勞心／劳心 (láoxīn)

Etymology 2

		toil	power; force; strength
trad. (勞力)		勞	力
simp. (劳力)		劳	力
alternative forms		努力 擼力／撸力 魯力／鲁力

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): ló͘-la̍t

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló͘-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: lóo-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loflat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lat̚⁴/

Adjective

勞力 (Min Nan)

1. laborious

Interjection

勞力 (Min Nan)

1. thank you; sorry for causing you trouble

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 謝謝 (“thank you”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		有勞, 感謝, 感恩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		謝謝, 多謝
Mandarin	Taiwan	謝謝, 謝謝你
	Chengdu	謝謝, 感謝
	Malaysia	謝謝
	Singapore	謝謝
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	多謝, рахмат
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Hong Kong	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Taishan	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Penang (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
Gan	Nanchang	多謝
Hakka	Meixian	多謝, 恁仔細 §
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恁仔細, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	多謝, 承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	勞瀝, 恁勞瀝, 承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 恁仔細, 勞力, 阿里加多
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	勞力, 阿里加多
	Hong Kong	多謝
	Singapore (Dabu)	多謝
Jin	Taiyuan	謝謝
Min Bei	Jian'ou	多謝
Min Dong	Fuzhou	謝謝, 起動
	Fuqing	多謝
	Matsu	謝謝, 多謝
	Singapore (Fuqing)	謝謝, 起動
Min Nan	Xiamen	感謝, 多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Quanzhou	道謝, 感謝, 費神, 勞力
	Zhangzhou	多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Taipei	多謝, 勞力
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	勞力
	Kaohsiung	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Yilan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Changhua (Lukang)	多謝, 勞力
	Taichung	勞力, 多謝
	Tainan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Hsinchu	勞力, 多謝
	Kinmen	勞力, 多謝
	Penghu (Magong)	勞力, 多謝
	Penang (Hokkien)	感謝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	感謝, 費神, 多謝
	Manila (Hokkien)	多謝, 感謝
	Medan (Hokkien)	感謝
	Chaozhou	㩼謝
	Shantou	㩼謝
	Jieyang	㩼謝
	Haifeng	感謝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	㩼謝
	Singapore (Teochew)	㩼謝, 感謝
	Leizhou	無該
	Wenchang	無該, 謝謝
	Haikou	無該, 謝謝
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無該
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	唔該, 多謝
Wu	Shanghai	謝謝, 謝謝儂, 多謝
	Ningbo	謝謝儂, 交關感謝
	Wenzhou	謝謝你
Xiang	Changsha	多謝
Note	† - when someone does you a favour; § - when someone gives you a gift

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #8203”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
• (Min Nan) “Entry #8204”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
• “臺灣閩南語按呢寫 (Tâi-oân Bân-lâm-gí Án-ne Siá) #363”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
勞	力
ろう Hyōgaiji	りょく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

勞(ろう)力(りょく) • (rōryoku) ^{←らうりよく (rauryoku)?} (kyūjitai, shinjitai 労力)

1. Kyūjitai form of 労力 (“work; labor”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
勞	力

Noun

勞力 • (noryeok) (hangeul 노력)

1. Hanja form^? of 노력 (“striving, making an effort to accomplish something”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
勞	力

Verb

勞力

1. chữ Hán form of lao lực (“to make physical exertions”).