乏力

Chinese

		short of; tired	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (乏力)		乏	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fálì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ lik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fálì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fálì
    • Wade–Giles: fa²-li⁴
    • Yale: fá-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farlih
    • Palladius: фали (fali)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä³⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ lik⁶
    • Yale: faht lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² lɪk̚²/

Adjective

乏力

1. exhausted; fatigued; weary
2. (economics, of growth) weak

   當前世界經濟增長乏力。 [MSC, trad.]
   当前世界经济增长乏力。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dāngqián shìjiè jīngjì zēngzhǎng fálì. [Pinyin]

   The current world economic growth is weak.

Synonyms

• (exhausted):

• 倦怠 (juàndài)
• 勞累／劳累 (láolèi)
• 勞頓／劳顿 (láodùn)
• 厭𤺪／厌𤺪 (Hokkien)
• 困乏 (kùnfá)
• 困頓／困顿 (kùndùn)
• 懶／懒 (lǎn)
• 疲乏 (pífá)
• 疲倦 (píjuàn)
• 疲勞／疲劳 (píláo)
• 疲困 (píkùn) (literary)
• 疲憊／疲惫 (píbèi)
• 精疲力盡／精疲力尽 (jīngpílìjìn)
• 精疲力竭 (jīngpílìjié)
• 累 (lèi)
• 頓／顿 (literary)

 

Verb

乏力

1. to lack ability; to be unable; to be incapable