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

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• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vú-li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: vu` 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

1. 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.

2. 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])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝɾʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

武(ぶ)力(りょく) • (buryoku) 

1. 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.

Korean

Hanja in this term
武	力

Noun

武力 • (muryeok) (hangeul 무력)

1. Hanja form^? of 무력 (“the armed forces”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
武	力

Noun

武力

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