力求

Chinese

		power; force; strength	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
simp. and trad. (力求)		力	求

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶ kau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍k-kiû / le̍k-kiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìcióu
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴-chʻiu²
  - Yale: lì-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihchyou
  - Palladius: лицю (licju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lik⁶ kau⁴
  - Yale: lihk kàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹ kau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶ keo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚² kʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: lia̍k-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liagkiuu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴⁻² kiu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: li̍k-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: legkiuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² kiu²³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² kiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kiu¹³/

Verb

力求

to make every effort to; to endeavour or strive for

Synonyms

一力 (yīlì)
下力 (xiàlì)
不遺餘力 / 不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì)
僶俛 / 𠊟俯 (mǐnmiǎn) (literary)
儘力 / 尽力 (jǐnlì) (archaic)
全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù)
出力 (chūlì)
力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
力圖 / 力图 (lìtú)
力爭 / 力争 (lìzhēng)
加勁 / 加劲 (jiājìn)
努力 (nǔlì)
勉力 (miǎnlì)
呵嘶呵嘶 (o⁴ sr¹ o⁴ sr¹) (Xiang)
強力 / 强力 (qiánglì) (literary)
悉力 (xīlì) (literary)
打拼 (dǎpīn)
拍拚 (Hokkien, Teochew)
拍灘 / 拍滩 (Xiamen Hokkien)
拼搏 (pīnbó)
搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
摔拍 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
攢勁 / 攒劲 (zan³ jin⁴) (Xiang)
旅力 (lǚlì) (literary)
極力 / 极力 (jílì)
殫力 / 殚力 (dānlì)
用力 (yònglì)
盡力 / 尽力 (jìnlì)
竭力 (jiélì)
竭盡全力 / 竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)
落力 (lok⁶ lik⁶) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew, Wenzhounese, Pinghua)
賣力 / 卖力 (màilì)
賣力氣 / 卖力气 (mài lìqi)