# 超能力
## Chinese

* 超能力

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chāonénglì
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ ㄋㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu$^1$ nang$^4$ lik$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chāonénglì
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ ㄋㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chaonénglì
*** Wade–Giles: chʻao$^1$-nêng$^2$-li$^4$
*** Yale: chāu-néng-lì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaunenglih
*** Palladius: чаонэнли (čaonɛnli)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ nɤŋ³⁵ li⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ciu$^1$ nang$^4$ lik$^6$
*** Yale: chīu nàhng lihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu$^1$ nang$^4$ lik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qiu$^1$ neng$^4$ lig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵ nɐŋ²¹ lɪk̚²/

### Noun

超能力
* supernatural power; superpower
    From: 2018, 《新片观察｜都是动作喜剧，甄子丹〈大师兄〉输给了〈蚁人2〉》, 36kr
    Liǎng ge piānzi dōu yǒu jīngcǎi de dǎdòu hé biāochē, yī ge shì píngjiè chāonénglì, yòng Hǎoláiwū tèxiào yǎnyì kùxuàn, yī ge shì quánquán dào ròu de duìdǎ, yánxù Zhēn Zǐdān dòngzuòxì yīguàn de zhēnshígǎn. [Pinyin]
    Both films contained brilliant fighting and car racing scenes: one (Ant-Man and the Wasp) used superpower and splendid Hollywood special visual effects, and the other (Big Brother) featured highly graphic scenes of duel fighting, as is typical in Donnie Yen's action movies.
    From: 2018, 《〈Harry哥哥放暑假〉第四十五集》, 香港電台
    zuìhòu yī wèi cānsàizhě huì zhǎnxiàn chāonénglì, yùcè suíjī tiāoxuǎn de guānzhòng zài wǔshí'èr zhāng pūkèpái zhōng chōu le nǎ yī zhāng pái [Pinyin]
    The last competitor will showcase his ability to predict which playing card in a 52-card deck has been chosen by a randomly-selected audience member.
    From: 2018, 《瞬間移動vs.時間暫停，你要挑哪個超能力？內行人都知道...》, ETtoday新聞雲
    Shùnjiān yídòng vs shíjiān zàntíng, nǐ yào tiāo nǎ ge chāonénglì? [Pinyin]
    Teleportation vs. time-stopping, which superpower would you like to choose?

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 超 | 能 | 力 |
| ちょう Grade: S | のう Grade: 5 | りょく Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | goon | kan'on |

### Etymology

Compound of 超 (chō-, “super-”) +‎ 能力 (nōryoku, “ability”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ちょーのーりょく [chòónóꜜòryòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [t͡ɕo̞ːno̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟]

### Noun

超(ちょう)能(のう)力(りょく) • (chōnōryoku)
* supernatural power, a psychic ability, such as ESP or psychokinesis
** 2000 July 13, “サイコ・カッパー [Psycho Kappar]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant －ファラオのしもべ－, Konami:
    いろいろな超(ちょう)能(のう)力(りょく)を使(つか)い、攻(こう)撃(げき)のダメージを防(ふせ)ぐカッパ。
       Iroiro na chōnōryoku o tsukai, kōgeki no damēji o fusegu kappa.
       This kappa evades attack damage with his ESP.
* superpower

#### See also

* 超(ちょう)感(かん)覚(かく)的(てき)知(ち)覚(かく) (chō-kankaku-teki chikaku, “ESP”)
* 念(ねん)力(りき) (nenriki, “psychokinesis”)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 超 | 能 | 力 |

### Noun

超能力 • (choneungnyeok or McCune-Reischauer: ch'onŭngnyŏk or Yale: chonunglyek) (hangeul 초능력)
* hanja form of 초능력 (“supernatural power”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 超 | 能 | 力 |

### Noun

超能力
* chữ Hán form of siêu năng lực (“extrasensory perception; superpower; supernatural power”).