功力

Chinese

		merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (功力)		功	力
alternative forms		工力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōnglì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ lik⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kûng-li̍t

  (Hailu, HRS): gung^ˋ lid^ˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōnglì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gonglì
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-li⁴
    • Yale: gūng-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonglih
    • Palladius: гунли (gunli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 公例 公曆／公历 公立 功利 功力 工力

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹ lik⁶
    • Yale: gūng lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ lɪk̚²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 公曆／公历 功力 工力

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ lid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lit̚⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˋ lid^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ⁵³ lit²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kong-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: konglek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kong-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ liak̚²⁴/

Noun

功力

1. effectiveness; efficacy
2. skill; craftsmanship; workmanship

Synonyms

• (effectiveness):

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• 力量 (lìliàng)
• 功效 (gōngxiào)
• 性能 (xìngnéng)
• 應效／应效 (Hokkien)
• 效力 (xiàolì)
• 效率 (xiàolǜ)
• 效能 (xiàonéng)
• 效驗／效验 (xiàoyàn)
• 證驗／证验 (zhèngyàn)

 

• (skill):

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• 一手
• 人才 (réncái)
• 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng) (literary)
• 俊才 (jùncái)
• 兩手／两手 (liǎngshǒu)
• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 力量 (lìliàng)
• 功夫 (gōngfu) (especially in martial arts)
• 天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
• 才具 (cáijù) (formal)
• 才力 (cáilì)
• 才器 (cáiqì) (literary)
• 才幹／才干 (cáigàn)
• 才情 (cáiqíng)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 手法 (shǒufǎ)
• 手眼 (shǒuyǎn)
• 才能 (cáinéng)
• 手腕 (shǒuwàn)
• 手腕子 (shou³ onn³ zr) (Xiang)
• 才華／才华 (cáihuá)
• 技巧 (jìqiǎo)
• 把式 (bǎshì) (dialectal)
• 技能 (jìnéng)
• 技藝／技艺 (jìyì)
• 技術／技术 (jìshù)
• 招數／招数 (zhāoshù)
• 本事
• 本領／本领 (běnlǐng)
• 材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
• 能力 (nénglì)
• 能為／能为 (néngwéi) (literary, dialectal)
• 能耐 (néngnài) (colloquial)
• 能量 (néngliàng)
• 花頭／花头 (Wu)
• 著數／着数
• 解數／解数
• 資力／资力 (zīlì)
• 路數／路数 (lùshù)
• 身手 (shēnshǒu)
• 道行

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (功力):

• → Korean: 공력(功力) (gongnyeok)
• → Vietnamese: công lực (功力)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “功力” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].