筋力

Chinese

		muscle	power; force; strength
trad. (筋力)		筋	力
simp. ^#(筋力)		筋	力

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnlì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄌㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinlì
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-li⁴
  - Yale: jīn-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinlih
  - Palladius: цзиньли (czinʹli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: kj+n lik

Rime
Character	筋	力
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	欣 (57)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舉欣切	林直切
Baxter	kj+n	lik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨn/	/lɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨn/	/lɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiən/	/liek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨn/	/lik̚/
Li Rong	/kiən/	/liək̚/
Wang Li	/kĭən/	/lĭək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ən/	/li̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gan¹	lik⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[k]ə[n] k.rək/

(Zhengzhang): /*kɯn rɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	筋	力
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīn	lì
Middle Chinese	‹ kjɨn ›	‹ lik ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[k]ə[n]/	/*k.rək/
English	sinew	strength
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筋	力
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6727	7854
Phonetic component	筋	力
Rime group	文	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	斤	力
Old Chinese	/*kɯn/	/*rɯɡ/
Notes	俗作䈥

Noun

筋力

physical strength; physical power; energy
(colloquial, of food) toughness; firmness; chewiness

Synonyms

(physical strength):

力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
力息 (lì-sĭ) (Northern Min)
力氣 / 力气 (lìqi)
力水 (lik⁶ seoi²) (Cantonese, Hakka)
力量 (lìliàng)
勁頭 / 劲头 (jìntóu) (colloquial)
強力 / 强力 (qiánglì)
旅力 (lǚlì) (literary)
氣力 / 气力 (qìlì)
膂力 (lǚlì)
體力 / 体力 (tǐlì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
筋	力
きん Grade: 6	りょく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きんりょく [kíꜜǹryòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [kʲĩn̺ɾʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

筋(きん)力(りょく) • (kinryoku)

physical strength, muscle strength

Derived terms

筋力(きんりょく)トレーニング (kinryoku torēningu): weight training
筋(きん)トレ (kintore): weight training

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN