# 勉力
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): miǎnlì
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): min$^5$ lik$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): miên-li̍t
    (Hailu, HRS): mien$^ˋ$ lid$^ˋ$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bián-le̍k
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: miǎnlì
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: miǎnlì
*** Wade–Giles: mien$^3$-li$^4$
*** Yale: myǎn-lì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meanlih
*** Palladius: мяньли (mjanʹli)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$勉力 勉勵／勉励
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: min$^5$ lik$^6$
*** Yale: míhn lihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: min$^5$ lik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: min$^5$ lig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /miːn¹³ lɪk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miên-li̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: mien$^ˊ$ lid
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mian$^1$ lid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ lit̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: mien$^ˋ$ lid$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /mien⁵³ lit²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bián-le̍k
*** Tâi-lô: bián-li̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: biefnlek
*** IPA (Xiamen): /biɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɪk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /biɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: mjenX lik
Rime :
| Character | 勉 | 力 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (79) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 亡辨切 | 林直切 |
| Baxter | mjenX | lik |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠiᴇn$^X$/ | /lɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚiɛn$^X$/ | /lɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miæn$^X$/ | /liek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mian$^X$/ | /lik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /mjɛn$^X$/ | /liək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭɛn$^X$/ | /lĭək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mi̯ɛn$^X$/ | /li̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | miǎn | lì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | min$^5$ | lik$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mr[o][r]ʔ k.rək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mronʔ rɯɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 勉 | 力 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | miǎn | lì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mjen$^X$ › | ‹ lik › |
| Old Chinese | /*mr[o][r]ʔ/ | /*k.rək/ |
| English | make an effort | strength |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 勉 | 力 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 9068 | 7854 |
| Phonetic component | 免 | 力 |
| Rime group | 元 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 免 | 力 |
| Old Chinese | /*mronʔ/ | /*rɯɡ/ |

### Verb

勉力
* to strive; to endeavor; to work hard
    From: Guanzi, 5th century BCE to 220 CE
    Gù zhāo bù miǎnlì wù jìn, xī wú jiàn gōng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* 一力 (yīlì)
* 下力 (xiàlì)
* 不遺餘力／不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì)
* 僶俛／𠊟俯 (mǐnmiǎn) (literary)
* 儘力／尽力 (jǐnlì) (archaic)
* 全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù)
* 出力 (chūlì)
* 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 力圖／力图 (lìtú)
* 力求 (lìqiú)
* 力爭／力争 (lìzhēng)
* 加勁／加劲 (jiājìn)
* 努力 (nǔlì)
* 呵嘶呵嘶 (o$^4$ sr$^1$ o$^4$ sr$^1$) (Xiang)
* 強力／强力 (qiánglì) (literary)
* 悉力 (xīlì) (literary)
* 打拼 (dǎpīn)
* 拍拚 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 拍灘／拍滩 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 拼搏 (pīnbó)
* 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
* 摔拍 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 攢勁／攒劲 (zan$^3$ jin$^4$) (Xiang)
* 旅力 (lǚlì) (literary)
* 極力／极力 (jílì)
* 殫力／殚力 (dānlì)
* 用力 (yònglì)
* 盡力／尽力 (jìnlì)
* 竭力 (jiélì)
* 竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)
* 落力 (lok$^6$ lik$^6$) (Cantonese, Pinghua, Hakka, Pinghua, Hokkien, Pinghua, Teochew, Pinghua, Wenzhounese, Pinghua)
* 賣力／卖力 (màilì)
* 賣力氣／卖力气 (mài lìqi)