動力

See also: 动力

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	power; force; strength
trad. (動力)		動	力
simp. (动力)		动	力

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dònglì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ lik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǒng-lia̍k / tōng-le̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dònglì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dònglì
  - Wade–Giles: tung⁴-li⁴
  - Yale: dùng-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqlih
  - Palladius: дунли (dunli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung⁶ lik⁶
  - Yale: duhng lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² lɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒng-lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tǒng-lia̍k
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²² liak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tōng-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxnglek
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/

Noun

動力

(literally) motive power
(figuratively) force; impetus; motivation (to do something)

Hyponyms

(motive power): 電力／电力 (diànlì), 風力／风力 (fēnglì), 水力 (shuǐlì)

Derived terms

光動力 / 光动力 (guāngdònglì)
動力學 / 动力学 (dònglìxué)
動力機 / 动力机 (dònglìjī)
動力煤 / 动力煤 (dònglìméi)
原動力 / 原动力 (yuándònglì)
核動力 / 核动力 (hédònglì)

Related terms

動機／动机 (dòngjī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
動	力
どう Grade: 3	りょく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーりょく [dóꜜòryòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) どーりょく [dòóryókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

動(どう)力(りょく) • (dōryoku)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
動	力

Noun

動力 • (dongnyeok) (hangeul 동력)

hanja form^? of 동력 (“motive power”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
動	力

Noun

動力

chữ Hán form of động lực (“motive power”)