量力
Chinese
capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure |
power; force; strength | ||
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| simp. and trad. (量力) |
量 | 力 | |
| anagram | 力量 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng6 lik6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liōng-le̍k / liōng-lia̍k / liāng-le̍k / niū-la̍t
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: liànglì
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liànglì
- Wade–Giles: liang4-li4
- Yale: lyàng-lì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianqlih
- Palladius: лянли (ljanli)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
- Homophones:
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量力
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: loeng6 lik6
- Yale: leuhng lihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: loeng6 lik9
- Guangdong Romanization: lêng6 lig6
- Sinological IPA (key): /lœːŋ²² lɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liōng-le̍k
- Tâi-lô: liōng-li̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: lioxnglek
- IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liōng-lia̍k
- Tâi-lô: liōng-lia̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: lioxngliak
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² liak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāng-le̍k
- Tâi-lô: liāng-li̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: liaxnglek
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niū-la̍t
- Tâi-lô: niū-la̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: niuxlat
- IPA (Taipei): /niũ³³⁻¹¹ lat̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /niũ³³⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Verb
量力
- to estimate one's own strength or ability (and act accordingly)
- 量力而動，其過鮮矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg
- Liànglì ér dòng, qí guò xiǎn yǐ. [Pinyin]
- If one weighs one’s strength and then acts, one’s errors will be few.
量力而动，其过鲜矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]