法力

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Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (法力)		法	力

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎlì

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ lik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-le̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎlì
  - Wade–Giles: fa³-li⁴
  - Yale: fǎ-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faalih
  - Palladius: фали (fali)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faat³ lik⁶
  - Yale: faat lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fad³ lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ lɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: huat-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoatlek
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ liɪk̚⁴/

Noun

法力

(Buddhism) dharma power; power of Buddhist doctrines
(figurative) magic power; supernatural power

Derived terms

法力無邊 / 法力无边 (fǎlìwúbiān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法力):

→ Japanese: 法力(ほうりき) (hōriki)
→ Korean: 법력(法力) (beomnyeok)
→ Vietnamese: pháp lực (法力)

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
法	力
ほう Grade: 4	りき Grade: 1
on'yomi

(Tokyo) ほーりき (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ほーりき (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

法(ほう)力(りき) • (hōriki) ^{←ほふりき (fofuriki)^?}

(Buddhism) power of Buddhist virtue

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
法	力
ほう Grade: 4	りょく Grade: 1
on'yomi

(Tokyo) ほーりょく (Heiban – )^[2]
(Tokyo) ほーりょく (Atamadaka – )^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

法(ほう)力(りょく) • (hōryoku) ^{←はふりよく (fafuryoku)^?}

(law) the efficacy of a law

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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