惜力

Chinese

		pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (惜力)		惜	力

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīlì, xílì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄌㄧˋ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ lik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sioh-la̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: silì
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-li⁴
  - Yale: syī-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shilih
  - Palladius: сили (sili)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    吸力
    悉力
    惜力
    淅瀝 / 淅沥
    犀利
    西曆 / 西历
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xílì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sílì
  - Wade–Giles: hsi²-li⁴
  - Yale: syí-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyilih
  - Palladius: сили (sili)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    惜力
    習例 / 习例
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ lik⁶
  - Yale: sīk lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ lɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sioh-la̍t
  - Tâi-lô: sioh-la̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioihlat
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sio(ʔ)⁵ lat̚²⁴/

Verb

惜力

to be sparing of one's energy; to not do one's best; to be slack (when doing something)

Derived terms

大牛惜力