大力

大力

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (大力)		大	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ lik⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-li̍t
• Min Nan (POJ): tōa-la̍t / tāi-le̍k / tāi-lia̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahlih
    • IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ lik⁶
    • Yale: daaih lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lig⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² lɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai lid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ lid⁶
    • IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ lit̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxlat
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ lat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² lat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ lat̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixlek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² liak̚²⁴/

Adverb

大力

1. energetically; vigorously; striving to

   大力發展 / 大力发展  ―  dàlì fāzhǎn  ―  to strive to develop

Derived terms

大力發展／大力发展

Noun

大力

1. great efforts

Adjective

大力

1. (physically) strong

   • 時有物大如水牛，灰色卑腳，腳類象，胸前尾上皆白，大力而遲鈍，來到城下，眾咸異焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     时有物大如水牛，灰色卑脚，脚类象，胸前尾上皆白，大力而迟钝，来到城下，众咸异焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin

     Shí yǒu wù dà rú shuǐniú, huīsè bēijiǎo, jiǎo lèi xiàng, xiōng qián wěi shàng jiē bái, dàlì ér chídùn, lái dào chéng xià, zhòng xián yì yān. [Pinyin]

     There was a creature as large as a buffalo, grey, with stubby feet that resemble those of an elephant; its chest and its tail are all white; it is powerful but slow. When it came to the city, everyone was in awe.

   • 佢好大力，一隻手就掅到三包米。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佢好大力，一只手就掅到三包米。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     Keoi⁵ hou² daai⁶ lik⁶, jat¹ zek³ sau² zau⁶ cing³ dou^3-2 saam¹ baau¹ mai⁵. [Jyutping]

     He's really strong; he can carry three bags of rice with one hand.

Antonyms

• (Cantonese) 細力／细力 (sai3 lik6)

Derived terms

大力士

大力神