實力

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See also: 実力 and 实力

Chinese

		real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid	power; force; strength
trad. (實力)		實	力
simp. (实力)		实	力

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shílì

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat⁶ lik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-lia̍k / si̍t-le̍k / si̍t-la̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shílì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhlì
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-li⁴
  - Yale: shŕ-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrlih
  - Palladius: шили (šili)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    實例 / 实例
    實力 / 实力
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat⁶ lik⁶
  - Yale: saht lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁹ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sed⁶ lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚² lɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: si̍t-lia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sidliak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴⁻² liak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: si̍t-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sidlek
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /sit̚⁴⁻³² liɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-la̍t
  - Tâi-lô: si̍t-la̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sidlat
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴⁻² lat̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚⁴⁻³² lat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lat̚¹²¹/

Noun

實力

power; strength (of one's abilities); potential
實力雄厚／实力雄厚 ― shílì xiónghòu ― to have enormous potential

Synonyms

力量 (lìliàng)
勢力 / 势力 (shìlì)
勢要 / 势要 (shìyào) (literary or Sichuanese)
勢頭 / 势头 (shìtóu)
威力 (wēilì)
威勢 / 威势 (wēishì)
威權 / 威权 (wēiquán)
強力 / 强力 (qiánglì)
權勢 / 权势 (quánshì)
權焰 / 权焰 (quányàn) (literary)
聲勢 / 声势 (shēngshì)

Derived terms

實力派 / 实力派 (shílìpài)
軟實力 / 软实力 (ruǎnshílì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (實力):

→ Japanese: 実力(じつりょく) (jitsuryoku)
→ Korean: 실력(實力) (sillyeok)
→ Vietnamese: thực lực (實力)

See also

能量 (néngliàng)
潛力／潜力 (qiánlì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
實	力
じつ Jinmeiyō	りょく Grade: 1
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 實力 – see the following entry.

【実力じつりょく】

merit, true ability

(This term, 實力, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

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