食力
Chinese edit
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
power; force; strength | ||
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trad. (食力) | 食 | 力 | |
simp. #(食力) | 食 | 力 | |
alternative forms | 噍力 Min Nan 吃力 Min Nan |
Pronunciation 1 edit
Verb edit
食力
- (literary or Southern Min) to live off labour
- (literary) to live off taxes
- (Cantonese) to sustain physical pressure or impact
- 然而拖鞋不咬地容易跣,所以煞掣時未必食力,隨時出事 [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2017 August 4, 劉永明 and 翁鈺輝, 釀4車相撞17傷 人字拖司機被捕
- jin4 ji4 to1 haai4-2 bat1 ngaau5 dei6 jung4 ji6 sin3, so2 ji5 saat3 zai3 si4 mei6 bit1 sik6 lik6, ceoi4 si4 ceot1 si6 [Jyutping]
- but slippers don't grip onto the floor, making it easy to slip, so when braking, it may not be able to sustain the impact and an accident may happen any time
然而拖鞋不咬地容易跣,所以煞掣时未必食力,随时出事 [Cantonese, simp.]
Noun edit
食力
Pronunciation 2 edit
Verb edit
食力
- (Hokkien, Puxian Min) to involve much effort; to be a strain; to be exhausting
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食力