勞力

See also: 劳力

Chinese

Etymology 1

		toil	power; force; strength
trad. (勞力)		勞	力
simp. (劳力)		劳	力

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láolì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ lik⁶, lou⁶ lik⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lò-li̍t

(Hailu, HRS): lo lid^ˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô͘-lia̍k / lô-le̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láolì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láolì
  - Wade–Giles: lao²-li⁴
  - Yale: láu-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laulih
  - Palladius: лаоли (laoli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁴ lik⁶, lou⁶ lik⁶
  - Yale: lòuh lihk, louh lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ lik⁹, lou⁶ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ lig⁶, lou⁶ lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ lɪk̚² lou̯²² lɪk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lò-li̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˇ lid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo² lid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /lo¹¹ lit̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo lid^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /lo⁵⁵ lit²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘-lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: lôo-lia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loliak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴⁻²² liak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: lô-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loilek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² liɪk̚¹²¹/

Noun

勞力

Derived terms

勞心者治人，勞力者治於人 / 劳心者治人，劳力者治于人 (láoxīnzhězhìrén, láolìzhězhìyúrén)
半勞力 / 半劳力 (bànláolì)

Verb

勞力

(literary) to labour

Antonyms

勞心／劳心 (láoxīn)

Etymology 2

	toil	power; force; strength
trad. (勞力)	勞	力
simp. (劳力)	劳	力
alternative forms	努力擼力／撸力魯力／鲁力

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ló͘-la̍t

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló͘-la̍t
  - Tâi-lô: lóo-la̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loflat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lat̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lat̚⁴/

Adjective

勞力 (Southern Min)

laborious

Interjection

勞力 (Southern Min)

thank you; sorry for causing you trouble

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 謝謝 (“thank you”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		有勞, 感謝, 感恩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		謝謝, 多謝
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	謝謝, 謝謝你
	Malaysia	謝謝
	Singapore	謝謝
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	多謝, рахмат
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	謝謝, 感謝
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Hong Kong	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Taishan	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Yangjiang	無該, 多謝
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Penang (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
Gan	Nanchang	多謝
Hakka	Meixian	多謝, 恁仔細 §
	Xingning	多謝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	承蒙, 恁仔細
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	承蒙你, 恁仔細, 感謝, 多謝
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	承蒙你, 恁仔細, 感謝, 多謝
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	感謝, 多謝, 承蒙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	勞瀝, 恁勞瀝, 承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 恁仔細, 勞力, 阿里加多
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	感謝
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	勞力, 阿里加多
	Hong Kong	多謝
	Kuala Lumpur (Huiyang)	唔該, 多謝
	Singapore (Dabu)	多謝
Jin	Taiyuan	謝謝
Northern Min	Jian'ou	多謝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	謝謝, 起動
	Fuqing	多謝
	Matsu	謝謝, 多謝
	Singapore (Fuqing)	謝謝, 起動
Southern Min	Xiamen	感謝, 多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Quanzhou	道謝, 感謝, 費神, 勞力
	Zhangzhou	多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Zhao'an	多謝, 感謝
	Taipei	感謝, 多謝, 勞力
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	勞力, 多謝, 阿里加多
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	勞力
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	勞力
	Kaohsiung	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	勞力, 謝謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Yilan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Yilan (Luodong)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Yilan (Toucheng)	勞力, 多謝
	Changhua (Lukang)	多謝, 勞力
	Taichung	勞力, 多謝
	Tainan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Tainan (Anping)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Hsinchu	勞力, 多謝
	Kinmen	勞力, 多謝
	Penghu (Magong)	勞力, 多謝
	Penghu (Xiyu)	勞力, 多謝
	Penang (Hokkien)	感謝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	感謝, 費神, 多謝
	Manila (Hokkien)	多謝, 感謝
	Medan (Hokkien)	感謝
	Chaozhou	㩼謝
	Shantou	㩼謝
	Jieyang	㩼謝
	Haifeng	感謝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	㩼謝
	Singapore (Teochew)	㩼謝, 感謝
	Leizhou	無該
	Wenchang	無該, 謝謝
	Haikou	無該, 謝謝
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無該
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	唔該, 多謝
Wu	Shanghai	謝謝, 謝謝儂, 多謝
	Ningbo	謝謝儂, 交關感謝
	Wenzhou	謝謝你
Xiang	Changsha	多謝
Note	† - when someone does you a favour; § - when someone gives you a gift

References

(Min Nan) “勞力”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
(Min Nan) “勞力”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
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Japanese

Kanji in this term
勞	力
ろう Hyōgai	りょく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

勞(ろう)力(りょく) • (rōryoku) ^{←らうりよく (rauryoku)^?}

Kyūjitai form of 労力 (“work; labor”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
勞	力

Noun

勞力 • (noryeok) (hangeul 노력)

hanja form^? of 노력 (“striving, making an effort to accomplish something”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
勞	力

Verb

勞力

chữ Hán form of lao lực (“to make physical exertions”)