量力

Chinese

		capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (量力)		量	力
anagram		力量

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liànglì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁶ lik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liōng-le̍k / liōng-lia̍k / liāng-le̍k / niū-la̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liànglì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liànglì
    • Wade–Giles: liang⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: lyàng-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianqlih
    • Palladius: лянли (ljanli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁶ lik⁶
    • Yale: leuhng lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁶ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁶ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²² lɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liōng-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: liōng-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lioxnglek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liōng-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: liōng-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lioxngliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² liak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāng-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: liāng-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaxnglek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niū-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: niū-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niuxlat
    • IPA (Taipei): /niũ³³⁻¹¹ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /niũ³³⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/

Verb

量力

1. to estimate one's own strength or ability (and act accordingly)

   • 量力而動，其過鮮矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     量力而动，其过鲜矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg

     Liànglì ér dòng, qí guò xiǎn yǐ. [Pinyin]

     If one weighs one’s strength and then acts, one’s errors will be few.

Derived terms

• 不自量力 (bùzìliànglì)
• 不量力
• 度德量力
• 比權量力／比权量力
• 自不量力 (zìbùliànglì)
• 較時量力／较时量力
• 量力而為／量力而为 (liànglì'érwéi)
• 量力而行 (liànglì'érxíng)