眼力

Chinese

		eye	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (眼力)		眼	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ lik⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngién-li̍t / ngián-li̍t

  (Hailu, HRS): ngan^ˊ lid^ˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gán-le̍k / gán-lia̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnlì → yǎnli (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧˋ → ㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄌㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnli̊
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-li⁵
    • Yale: yǎn-li
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean.lih
    • Palladius: яньли (janʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/ → /jɛn²¹⁴ li⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ lik⁶
    • Yale: ngáahn lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ lɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngién-li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngien^ˋ lid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en³¹ lit̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngián-li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngian^ˋ lid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an³¹ lit̚⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngan^ˊ lid^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋan²⁴⁻³³ lit²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: gán-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gafnlek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: gán-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gafnliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liak̚²⁴/

Noun

眼力

1. eyesight; strength of vision
2. ability to make discerning judgements

Synonyms

• (eyesight):

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• 目力 (mùlì) (literary)
• 目水 (Hakka, Leizhou Min)
• 眼火 (⁶nge-hu) (Ningbonese)
• 眼神 (yǎnshén) (Mainland China, colloquial)
• 視 / 视 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 視力 / 视力 (shìlì)

• (ability to make discerning judgements):

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• 慧眼 (huìyǎn)
• 目光 (mùguāng)
• 目力 (mùlì) (literary)
• 目潲 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 目識 / 目识 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 目頭 / 目头 (Hokkien)
• 眼光 (yǎnguāng)
• 眼孔 (yǎnkǒng)
• 眼水 (ngaan⁵ seoi²) (Cantonese, dialectal Mandarin)
• 眼界 (yǎnjiè)
• 觀察力 / 观察力 (guānchálì)
• 識別力 / 识别力 (shíbiélì)
• 鑒賞力 / 鉴赏力 (jiànshǎnglì)

Derived terms

• 好眼力
• 有眼力
• 沒眼力 / 没眼力
• 眼力勁 / 眼力劲 (yǎnlìjìn)
• 眼力見兒 / 眼力见儿 (yǎnlìjiànr)