力學

See also: 力学

Chinese

		power; force; strength	learn; study; science learn; study; science; ‑ology
trad. (力學)		力	學
simp. (力学)		力	学
anagram		學力／学力

Etymology

Attestable in ancient Chinese texts in its original verb form, "to study hard". The "mechanics" sense is wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 力(りき)学(がく) (rikigaku), itself a calque of English mechanics, first attested in 《英軺日記》 by the Liu Xihong in 1876.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìxué

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶ hok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): le̍k-ha̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìxué
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìsyué
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-hsüeh²
    • Yale: lì-sywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihshyue
    • Palladius: лисюэ (lisjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lik⁶ hok⁶
    • Yale: lihk hohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹ hok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶ hog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚² hɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-ha̍k
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k-ha̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leghak
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² hak̚⁴/

Noun

力學

1. (physics) mechanics

Derived terms

• 經典力學／经典力学 (jīngdiǎn lìxué)
• 量子力學／量子力学 (liàngzǐ lìxué)

 

Verb

力學

1. (literary) to study hard

Derived terms

• 力學不倦／力学不倦 (lìxuébùjuàn)
• 力學篤行／力学笃行 (lìxuédǔxíng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
力	學
りき Grade: 1	がく Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Proper noun

力(りき)學(がく) • (rikigaku) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 力学 (“mechanics”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
力	學

Noun

力學 • (yeokhak or McCune-Reischauer: yŏkhak or Yale: yek.hak) (hangeul 역학)

1. Hanja form^? of 역학 (“mechanics”).