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

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
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚¹²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: gán-lia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gafnliak
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liak̚²⁴/

Noun

眼力

eyesight; strength of vision
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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
眼	力
がん Grade: 5	りき Grade: 1
kan'on	goon

Kanji in this term
眼	力
がん Grade: 5	りょく Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がんりき [gàńríkí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) がんりき [gáꜜǹrìkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) がんりき [gàńríkíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɡã̠n̺ɾʲikʲi]

(Tokyo) がんりょく [gáꜜǹryòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɡã̠n̺ɾʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

眼(がん)力(りき) or 眼(がん)力(りょく) • (ganriki or ganryoku)

insight, observation
eyesight, vision
Synonym: 視力(しりょく) (shiryoku)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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 (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK16-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK8-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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