原動力

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	motive power; force; impetus motive power; force; impetus; motivation
trad. (原動力)		原	動力
simp. (原动力)		原	动力

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuándònglì

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ dung⁶ lik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-tōng-le̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuándònglì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuándònglì
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-tung⁴-li⁴
  - Yale: ywán-dùng-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuandonqlih
  - Palladius: юаньдунли (juanʹdunli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ dung⁶ lik⁶
  - Yale: yùhn duhng lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ dung⁶ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ dung⁶ lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ tʊŋ²² lɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-tōng-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: guân-tōng-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goandoxnglek
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/

Noun

原動力

driving force; prime mover
first cause; agent

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (原動力):

→ Japanese: 原(げん)動(どう)力(りょく) (gendōryoku)
→ Korean: 원동력(原動力) (wondongnyeok)