力氣

See also: 力气

Chinese

	power; force; strength	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (力氣)	力	氣
simp. (力气)	力	气
anagram	氣力／气力

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìqi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄑㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶ hei³
Gan (Wiktionary): lit⁶ qi
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): li̍t-hi

(Hailu, HRS): lid^ˋ hi^ˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍k-khì / le̍k-khì
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸liq-chi₅ / ⁷liq₈-chi₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìqi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìci̊
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴-chʻi⁵
  - Yale: lì-chi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih.chi
  - Palladius: лици (lici)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lik⁶ hei³
  - Yale: lihk hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚² hei̯³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: lit⁶ qi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lit̚⁵ t͡ɕʰi²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li̍t-hi
  - Hakka Romanization System: lid hi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lid⁶ hi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /lit̚⁵ hi⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: lid^ˋ hi^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /lit² hi¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k-khì
  - Tâi-lô: lia̍k-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liagqix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴⁻² kʰi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-khì
  - Tâi-lô: li̍k-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: legqix
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² kʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² kʰi²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸liq-chi₅
  - MiniDict: lih^入 chi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵liq-qi₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɪʔ¹¹ t͡ɕʰi²³/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁷liq₈-chi₅
  - MiniDict: lih^入 chi^去
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /liɪʔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

Noun

力氣

physical strength; physical power; energy
出力氣／出力气 ― chū lìqi ― to exert energy

我出點力氣就覺得喘氣費勁。 [MSC, trad.]
我出点力气就觉得喘气费劲。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ chū diǎn lìqi jiù juéde chuǎnqì fèijìn. [Pinyin]
I feel breathless with the slightest effort.

Synonyms

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力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
力息 (lì-sĭ) (Northern Min)
力水 (lik⁶ seoi²) (Cantonese, Hakka)
力量 (lìliàng)
勁頭／劲头 (jìntóu) (colloquial)
強力／强力 (qiánglì)
旅力 (lǚlì) (literary)
氣力／气力 (qìlì)
筋力 (jīnlì)
膂力 (lǚlì)
體力／体力 (tǐlì)

Derived terms