法力

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (法力)		法	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ lik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-le̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎlì
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-li⁴
    • Yale: fǎ-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faalih
    • Palladius: фали (fali)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ lik⁶
    • Yale: faat lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ lɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: huat-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatlek
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ liɪk̚⁴/

Noun

法力

1. (Buddhism) dharma power; power of Buddhist doctrines
2. (figurative) magic power; supernatural power

Derived terms

• 法力無邊／法力无边 (fǎlìwúbiān)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法力):

• → Japanese: 法力(ほうりき) (hōriki)
• → Korean: 법력(法力) (beomnyeok)
• → Vietnamese: pháp lực (法力)

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
法	力
ほう Grade: 4	りき Grade: 1
on’yomi

• (Tokyo) ほーりき [hòóríkí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ほ​ーりき [hóꜜòrìkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːɾʲikʲi]

Noun

法(ほう)力(りき) • (hōriki) ^{←ほふりき (fofuriki)?}

1. (Buddhism) power of Buddhist virtue

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
法	力
ほう Grade: 4	りょく Grade: 1
on’yomi

• (Tokyo) ほーりょく [hòóryókú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ほ​ーりょく [hóꜜòryòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

法(ほう)力(りょく) • (hōryoku) ^{←はふりよく (fafuryoku)?}

1. (law) the efficacy of a law