威力

Chinese

		power; might; prestige	power; force; strength
trad. (威力)		威	力
simp. #(威力)		威	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēilì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ lik⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vî-li̍t
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ui-lia̍k / ui-le̍k / ui-la̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ui¹ lag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēilì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weilì
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-li⁴
    • Yale: wēi-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueilih
    • Palladius: вэйли (vɛjli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai¹ lik⁶
    • Yale: wāi lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ lɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî-li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi´ lid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi¹ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴⁻¹¹ lit̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ui-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uiliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui³³ liak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ui-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uilek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: ui-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uilat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui³³ lat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² lat̚¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ui¹ lag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ui la̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui³³⁻²³ lak̚⁴/

Noun

威力

1. power; might

Synonyms

• 力量 (lìliàng)
• 勢力／势力 (shìlì)
• 勢要／势要 (si⁴ yao⁴) (Sichuanese, or literary)
• 勢頭／势头 (shìtóu)
• 威勢／威势 (wēishì)
• 威權／威权 (wēiquán)
• 實力／实力 (shílì)
• 強力／强力 (qiánglì)
• 權勢／权势 (quánshì)
• 權焰／权焰 (quányàn) (literary)
• 聲勢／声势 (shēngshì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
威	力
い Grade: S	りょく Grade: 1
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) い​りょく [íꜜryòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [iɾʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

威(い)力(りょく) • (iryoku) ^{←ゐりょく (wiryoku)?}

1. power

   新(しん)型(がた)爆(ばく)弾(だん)はその威(い)力(りょく)を世(よ)に示(しめ)した。

   Shingata bakudan wa sono iryoku o yo ni shimeshita.

   The new bomb showed the world its power.

   • 2004 April 7, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)11(じゅういち)話(わ)　ＶＳ(バーサス)．鷲(わし)尾(お)（中(ちゅう)編(へん)①(いち)） [Chapter 11: VS. Washio (Middle Chapter #1)]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) (武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)) [Armed Alchemy], volume 2, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 80:

     別(べつ)に　けど　叫(さけ)んだ方(ほう)がなんか威(い)力(りょく)が強(つよ)くなるような気(き)がして

     Betsu ni kedo sakenda hō ga nanka iryoku ga tsuyokunaru yō na ki ga shite

     But I feel more powerful when I’m shouting.

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
威	力

Noun

威力 • (wiryeok) (hangeul 위력)

1. Hanja form^? of 위력 (“might”).