目力

Chinese

		eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (目力)		目	力

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùlì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ lik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùlì
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-li⁴
  - Yale: mù-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhlih
  - Palladius: мули (muli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ lik⁶
  - Yale: muhk lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² lɪk̚²/

Noun

目力

(literary, literally) eyesight; vision
(literary, figuratively) discernment; power of observation

Synonyms

(eyesight):

目水 (Hakka, Leizhou Min)
眼力 (yǎnlì)
眼火 (⁶nge-hu) (Ningbonese)
眼神 (yǎnshén) (Mainland China, colloquial)
視 / 视 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
視力 / 视力 (shìlì)

(discernment):

慧眼 (huìyǎn)
目光 (mùguāng)
目潲 (Hokkien, vulgar)
目識 / 目识 (Singapore Hokkien)
目頭 / 目头 (Hokkien)
眼光 (yǎnguāng)
眼力 (yǎnlì)
眼孔 (yǎnkǒng)
眼水 (ngaan⁵ seoi²) (Cantonese, dialectal Mandarin)
眼界 (yǎnjiè)
觀察力 / 观察力 (guānchálì)
識別力 / 识别力 (shíbiélì)
鑒賞力 / 鉴赏力 (jiànshǎnglì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
目	力
め Grade: 1	ちから > ぢから Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

目(め)力(ぢから) • (mejikara)

strong impression conveyed by one's eyes; eyes that convey a strong sense of purpose