迫力

Chinese
phonetic
trad. (迫力) 迫 力
simp. #(迫力) 迫 力
alternative forms 逼力

Etymology

Borrowed from English brake.

Pronunciation

Noun

迫力

  1. (Cantonese) brake pedal
  2. (Cantonese) brakes

Synonyms
  • (brakes):
Dialectal synonyms of 剎車 (“brakes”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 剎車
Mandarin Taiwan 剎車, 剎車器
Cantonese Hong Kong 迫力
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 不力器
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 不力器
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 不力器
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 不力器
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 不力器
Min Nan Xiamen 車禁
Quanzhou 車禁
Zhangzhou 車禁
New Taipei (Tamsui) 擋仔
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 擋仔
Tainan 車擋, 擋仔, 車禁
Tainan (Anping) 擋仔
Penang (Hokkien) brek

Derived terms
  • 迫力皮

Japanese
Kanji in this term
迫 力
はく
Grade: S		 りょく
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

迫(はく)力(りょく) • (hakuryoku) 

  1. force; punch; power; impact
    迫力(はくりょく)のある歌(うた)
    hakuryoku no aru uta
    powerful song

References
  1. 1960, Tetsuo Hirayama (平山輝男, editor), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”), (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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