武力

Chinese

		military	force
simp. and trad. (武力)		武	力
anagram		力武

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔlì

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ lik⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vú-li̍t
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú-le̍k / bú-lia̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔlì
  - Wade–Giles: wu³-li⁴
  - Yale: wǔ-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuulih
  - Palladius: ули (uli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ lik⁶
  - Yale: móuh lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ lɪk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vú-li̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˋ lid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu³ lid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /vu³¹ lit̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bú-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bwlek
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bú-lia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bwliak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liak̚²⁴/

Noun

武力

military force; armed might
訴諸武力／诉诸武力 ― sùzhū wǔlì ― to resort to force; to appeal to arms

警察用武力驅趕示威者。 [MSC, trad.]
警察用武力驱赶示威者。 [MSC, simp.]
Jǐngchá yòng wǔlì qūgǎn shìwēizhě. [Pinyin]
The police cleared out the demonstrators by force.
violence; brutality; force

Synonyms

(military force): 武裝力量／武装力量 (wǔzhuāng lìliàng)
(violence): 暴力 (bàolì), 強暴／强暴 (qiángbào)

Related terms

權勢／权势 (quánshì)
威武 (wēiwǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
武	力
ぶ Grade: 5	りょく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶりょく [búꜜryòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ɾʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

武(ぶ)力(りょく) • (buryoku)

military force, armed might, the sword
武(ぶ)力(りょく)で勝(まさ)っている。
Buryoku de masatteiru.
Its military capabilities are superior.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
武	力

Noun

武力 • (muryeok) (hangeul 무력)

hanja form^? of 무력 (“the armed forces”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
武	力

Noun

武力

chữ Hán form of vũ lực (“force; violence”)