# 大力
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàlì
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai$^6$ lik$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai$^5$ let$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-li̍t
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-la̍t / tāi-le̍k / tāi-lia̍k
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàlì
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàlì
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-li$^4$
*** Yale: dà-lì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahlih
*** Palladius: дали (dali)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ lik$^6$
*** Yale: daaih lihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ lik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ lig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² lɪk̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ai$^5$ let$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ai³² let̚³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-li̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai lid
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ lid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ lit̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-la̍t
*** Tâi-lô: tuā-la̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doaxlat
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ lat̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² lat̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ lat̚⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ lat̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-le̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tāi-li̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daixlek
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-lia̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tāi-lia̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daixliak
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² liak̚²⁴/

### Adverb

大力
* strongly; energetically; vigorously; striving to
    大力發展／大力发展 ― dàlì fāzhǎn ― to strive to develop
    From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
    Wǒmen xūyào dàlì fāyáng tāmen zhè zhǒng jiānkǔfèndòu de jīngshén, yě xūyào gèng duō de zhùyì jiějué tāmen zài láodòng hé shēnghuó zhōng de pòqiè wèntí. [Pinyin]
    We must strive to encourage this zeal for hard work and at the same time pay still greater attention to solving the pressing problems in their work and everyday life.

#### Derived terms

* 大力發展／大力发展

### Noun

大力
* great efforts

### Adjective

大力
* (physically) strong
       keoi$^5$ hou$^2$ daai$^6$ lik$^6$, jat$^1$ zek$^3$ sau$^2$ zau$^6$ cing$^3$ dou$^{3-2}$ saam$^1$ baau$^1$ mai$^5$. [Jyutping]
       He's really strong; he can carry three bags of rice with one hand.
    From: 648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin
    Shí yǒu wù dà rú shuǐniú, huīsè bēijiǎo, jiǎo lèi xiàng, xiōng qián wěi shàng jiē bái, dàlì ér chídùn, lái dào chéng xià, zhòng xián yì yān. [Pinyin]
    There was a creature as large as a buffalo, grey, with stubby feet that resemble those of an elephant; its chest and its tail are all white; it is powerful but slow. When it came to the city, everyone was in awe.

#### Antonyms

* (Cantonese) 細力／细力 (sai3 lik6)

#### Derived terms

* 大力士 (dàlìshì)
* 大力神 (Dàlìshén)