費力

See also: 费力

Chinese

		to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname	power; force; strength
trad. (費力)		費	力
simp. (费力)		费	力

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fèilì

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ lik⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hùi-la̍t / hùi-lia̍k / hùi-le̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): hui³ lag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fèilì
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fèilì
  - Wade–Giles: fei⁴-li⁴
  - Yale: fèi-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feylih
  - Palladius: фэйли (fɛjli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    廢立／废立
    費力／费力
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fai³ lik⁶
  - Yale: fai lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fei³ lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ lɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-la̍t
  - Tâi-lô: huì-la̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huielat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ lat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lat̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ lat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²¹⁻⁴¹ lat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹⁻⁵³ lat̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: huì-lia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huieliak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: huì-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huielek
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ liɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²¹⁻⁴¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹⁻⁵³ liɪk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hui³ lag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hùi la̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ lak̚⁴/

Verb

費⫽力 (verb-object)

(intransitive) to need or exert great effort; to strain; to be strenuous

Synonyms

了力 (Min Nan)
吃力 (chīlì)
吃勁／吃劲 (chījìn)
夠力／够力 (Hokkien)
硬斗 (Hokkien)
硬繚／硬缭 (Hokkien)
著力／着力 (zhuólì)
費勁／费劲 (fèijìn) (colloquial)
食力 (Hokkien)
食工 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)