量力

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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

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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    亮麗／亮丽
    量力
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

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.
  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)

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