力求

Chinese

		power; force; strength	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
simp. and trad. (力求)		力	求

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶ kau⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍k-kiû / le̍k-kiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìcióu
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-chʻiu²
    • Yale: lì-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihchyou
    • Palladius: лицю (licju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lik⁶ kau⁴
    • Yale: lihk kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚² kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍k-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liagkiuu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴⁻² kiu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: legkiuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² kiu²³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kiu¹³/

Verb

力求

1. to make every effort to; to endeavour or strive for

Synonyms

• 一力 (yīlì)
• 下力 (xiàlì)
• 不遺餘力／不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì)
• 僶俛／𠊟俯 (mǐnmiǎn) (literary)
• 儘力／尽力 (jìnlì) (archaic)
• 全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù)
• 出力 (chūlì)
• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 力圖／力图 (lìtú)
• 力爭／力争 (lìzhēng)
• 加勁／加劲 (jiājìn)
• 努力 (nǔlì)
• 勉力 (miǎnlì)
• 呵嘶呵嘶 (o⁴ sr¹ o⁴ sr¹) (Xiang)
• 巴結／巴结 (bājie) (regional)
• 強力／强力 (qiánglì) (literary)
• 悉力 (xīlì) (literary)
• 打拼 (dǎpīn)
• 拍拚 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 拍灘／拍滩 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 拼搏 (pīnbó)
• 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
• 摔拍 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 攢勁／攒劲 (zan³ jin⁴) (Xiang)
• 極力／极力 (jílì)
• 殫力／殚力 (dānlì)
• 用力 (yònglì)
• 盡力／尽力 (jìnlì)
• 竭力 (jiélì)
• 竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)
• 落力 (lok⁶ lik⁶) (Cantonese, Pinghua, Hakka, Pinghua, Hokkien, Pinghua, Teochew, Pinghua, Wenzhounese, Pinghua)
• 賣力／卖力 (màilì)
• 賣力氣／卖力气 (mài lìqi)