精力

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	power; force; strength
trad. (精力)		精	力
simp. #(精力)		精	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnglì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ lik⁶

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

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹ lag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnglì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinglì
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-li⁴
    • Yale: jīng-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinglih
    • Palladius: цзинли (czinli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ lik⁶
    • Yale: jīng lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ lɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chîn-li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: jin´ lid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jin¹ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sin²⁴⁻¹¹ lit̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ liak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zenglek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zenglat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ lat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lat̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹ lag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng la̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³⁻²³ lak̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjeng lik

Rime
Character	精	力
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子盈切	林直切
Baxter	tsjeng	lik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇŋ/	/lɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛŋ/	/lɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siæŋ/	/liek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siajŋ/	/lik̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛŋ/	/liək̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛŋ/	/lĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛŋ/	/li̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing1	lik6

Noun

精力

1. drive; energy; vigor

   集中精力  ―  jízhōng jīnglì  ―  to focus; to concentrate

Synonyms

• 功夫 (gōngfu)
• 氣力／气力 (qìlì)
• 氣脈／气脉 (qìmài) (chiefly Hakka)
• 精神

 

Derived terms

• 精力充沛
• 精力過人／精力过人

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (精力):

• → Japanese: 精力(せいりょく) (seiryoku)
• → Korean: 정력(精力) (jeongnyeok)
• → Vietnamese: tinh lực (精力)

See also

• 心思 (xīnsī)
• 心血 (xīnxuè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
精	力
せい Grade: 5	りょく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せ​ーりょく [séꜜèryòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

精(せい)力(りょく) • (seiryoku) 

1. energy; vigor

Korean

Hanja in this term
精	力

Noun

精力 • (jeongnyeok) (hangeul 정력)

1. Hanja form^? of 정력.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
精	力

Noun

精力

1. chữ Hán form of tinh lực.