"無力" meaning in Chinese

See 無力 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /u³⁵ li⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /mou̯²¹ lɪk̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /mo¹¹ lit̚⁵/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /mo⁵⁵ lit²/ [Hakka, Hailu, Zhudong, Sinological-IPA], /bo²⁴⁻²² lat̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /bo²⁴⁻²² lat̚²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /bo¹³⁻²² lat̚¹²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ lat̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /bɤ²³⁻³³ lat̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 无力 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} 無力
  1. to lack strength; to lack power; to feel weak
    Sense id: en-無力-zh-verb-IJxrq4~b Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 34 31 0 12 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 31 0 13 11 11
  2. to be unable; to be incapable
    Sense id: en-無力-zh-verb-Gedc0Dy7 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 34 31 0 12 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 31 0 13 11 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 無力感 (wúlìgǎn), 无力感 (wúlìgǎn)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wúlìgǎn",
      "word": "無力感"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wúlìgǎn",
      "word": "无力感"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无力",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "無力",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 31 0 12 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 31 0 13 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to have weakness in the limbs",
          "roman": "sìzhī wúlì",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "四肢無力",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to have weakness in the limbs",
          "roman": "sìzhī wúlì",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "四肢无力",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lack strength; to lack power; to feel weak"
      ],
      "id": "en-無力-zh-verb-IJxrq4~b",
      "links": [
        [
          "lack",
          "lack"
        ],
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "feel",
          "feel"
        ],
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "35 65",
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 31 0 12 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 31 0 13 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be unable; to be incapable"
      ],
      "id": "en-無力-zh-verb-Gedc0Dy7",
      "links": [
        [
          "unable",
          "unable"
        ],
        [
          "incapable",
          "incapable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúlì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ lik⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mò-li̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo lid^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-la̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúlì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúlì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-li⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-lì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wulih"
    },
    {
      "roman": "uli",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ули"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ li⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ lik⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mòuh lihk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ lik⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ lig⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ lɪk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mò-li̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo^ˇ lid"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo² lid⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo¹¹ lit̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo lid^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo⁵⁵ lit²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-la̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-la̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "boilat"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² lat̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² lat̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo¹³⁻²² lat̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ lat̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ lat̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "無力"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 力",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 無",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "wúlìgǎn",
      "word": "無力感"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wúlìgǎn",
      "word": "无力感"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无力",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "無力",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to have weakness in the limbs",
          "roman": "sìzhī wúlì",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "四肢無力",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to have weakness in the limbs",
          "roman": "sìzhī wúlì",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "四肢无力",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lack strength; to lack power; to feel weak"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lack",
          "lack"
        ],
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "feel",
          "feel"
        ],
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be unable; to be incapable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unable",
          "unable"
        ],
        [
          "incapable",
          "incapable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúlì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ lik⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mò-li̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo lid^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-la̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúlì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúlì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-li⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-lì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wulih"
    },
    {
      "roman": "uli",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ули"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ li⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ lik⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mòuh lihk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ lik⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ lig⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ lɪk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mò-li̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo^ˇ lid"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo² lid⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo¹¹ lit̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mo lid^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo⁵⁵ lit²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-la̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bô-la̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "boilat"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² lat̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²² lat̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo¹³⁻²² lat̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ lat̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɤ²³⁻³³ lat̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "無力"
}

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