吃力

吃力

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (吃力)		吃	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ lik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chīlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chylih
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ lik⁶
    • Yale: hek lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ lig⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ lɪk̚²/

Adjective

吃力

1. tiring; exhausting; strenuous
2. tired; exhausted

Synonyms

• (tired): (Min Nan) 食力 (shílì), 著力／着力 (zhuólì)
• (tiring): 累人 (lèirén)

Derived terms

吃力不討好／吃力不讨好 (chīlì bù tǎohǎo)

Verb

吃力

1. to bear force