賣力氣
Chinese
[edit]| sell | physical strength; physical power; energy | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (賣力氣) | 賣 | 力氣 | |
| simp. (卖力气) | 卖 | 力气 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄑㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mài lìci̊
- Wade–Giles: mai4 li4-chʻi5
- Yale: mài lì-chi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may lih.chi
- Palladius: май лици (maj lici)
- Sinological IPA (key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maai6 lik6 hei3
- Yale: maaih lihk hei
- Cantonese Pinyin: maai6 lik9 hei3
- Guangdong Romanization: mai6 lig6 héi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːi̯²² lɪk̚² hei̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]賣⫽力氣 (verb-object)
- to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
- to work as a labourer; to do manual labour for a living
Synonyms
[edit]- (to strive one's hardest):
- 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 (jǐnlì) (archaic)
- 全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù)
- 出力 (chūlì)
- 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 力圖／力图 (lìtú)
- 力求 (lìqiú)
- 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)
- 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)
- 旅力 (lǚlì) (literary)
- 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)