食力

食力

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (食力)		食	力
variant forms		噍力 Min Nan 吃力 Min Nan

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shílì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ lik⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): si̍t-la̍t / chia̍h-la̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: shílì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shylih
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 實例／实例 實力／实力

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ lik⁶
    • Yale: sihk lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ lig⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² lɪk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: si̍t-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sidlat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕit̚⁴⁻³² lat̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqlat
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lat̚⁴/

Verb

食力

1. (literary or Min Nan) to live off labour
2. (literary) to live off taxes
3. (Cantonese) to sustain physical pressure or impact

   • 然而拖鞋不咬地容易跣，所以煞掣時未必食力，隨時出事 [Cantonese, trad.]
     然而拖鞋不咬地容易跣，所以煞掣时未必食力，随时出事 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2017 August 4, 劉永明 and 翁鈺輝, 釀4車相撞17傷　人字拖司機被捕

     jin⁴ ji⁴ to¹ haai^4-2 bat¹ ngaau⁵ dei⁶ jung⁴ ji⁶ sin³, so² ji⁵ saat³ zai³ si⁴ mei⁶ bit¹ sik⁶ lik⁶, ceoi⁴ si⁴ ceot¹ si⁶ [Jyutping]

     but slippers don't grip onto the floor, making it easy to slip, so when braking, it may not be able to sustain the impact and an accident may happen any time

Noun

食力

1. (literary) commoner; labourer
2. (literary) food and manpower
3. (literary) energy from food

Pronunciation 2

• Min Nan (POJ): chia̍h-la̍t

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqlat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² lat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/

Verb

食力

1. (Min Nan, Puxian Min) to involve much effort; to be a strain; to be exhausting

Synonyms

• 吃力 (chīlì)
• 費力／费力 (fèilì)
• 著力 (zhuólì)
• (Min Nan) 了力

Descendants

• → English: jialat, chialat

Adjective

食力

1. (Min Nan) serious; severe