筋力

Chinese

		muscle	power; force; strength
trad. (筋力)		筋	力
simp. #(筋力)		筋	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinlì
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-li⁴
    • Yale: jīn-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinlih
    • Palladius: цзиньли (czinʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kj+n lik

Rime
Character	筋	力
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	欣 (57)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舉欣切	林直切
Baxter	kj+n	lik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨn/	/lɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨn/	/lɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiən/	/liek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨn/	/lik̚/
Li Rong	/kiən/	/liək̚/
Wang Li	/kĭən/	/lĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ən/	/li̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gan1	lik6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[k]ə[n]  k.rək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯn  rɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	筋	力
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīn	lì
Middle Chinese	‹ kjɨn ›	‹ lik ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[k]ə[n]/	/*k.rək/
English	sinew	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	筋	力
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6727	7854
Phonetic component	筋	力
Rime group	文	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	斤	力
Old Chinese	/*kɯn/	/*rɯɡ/
Notes	俗作䈥

Noun

筋力

1. physical strength; physical power; energy
2. (colloquial, of food) toughness; firmness; chewiness

Synonyms

• (physical strength):

• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 力息 (lì-sĭ) (Northern Min)
• 力氣／力气 (lìqi)
• 力水 (lik⁶ seoi²) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 力量 (lìliàng)
• 勁頭／劲头 (jìntóu) (colloquial)
• 強力／强力 (qiánglì)
• 氣力／气力 (qìlì)
• 膂力 (lǚlì)
• 體力／体力 (tǐlì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
筋	力
きん Grade: 6	りょく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) き​んりょく [kíꜜǹryòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩnɾʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

筋(きん)力(りょく) • (kinryoku) 

1. physical strength, muscle strength

Derived terms

• 筋力(きんりょく)トレーニング (kinryoku torēningu): weight training
• 筋(きん)トレ (kintore): weight training