力學

See also: 力学

Chinese

		power; force; strength	learn; study; science learn; study; science; ‑ology
trad. (力學)		力	學
simp. (力学)		力	学
anagram		學力／学力

Etymology

Attestable in ancient Chinese texts in its original verb form, "to study hard". The "mechanics" sense is wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 力(りき)学(がく) (rikigaku), [1] itself a calque of English mechanics, first attested in 《英軺日記》 by the Liu Xihong in 1876.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìxué

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶ hok⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): le̍k-ha̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìxué
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìsyué
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴-hsüeh²
  - Yale: lì-sywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihshyue
  - Palladius: лисюэ (lisjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lik⁶ hok⁶
  - Yale: lihk hohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹ hok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶ hog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚² hɔːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-ha̍k
  - Tâi-lô: li̍k-ha̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leghak
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² hak̚⁴/

Noun

力學

(physics) mechanics

Derived terms

經典力學／经典力学 (jīngdiǎn lìxué)
量子力學／量子力学 (liàngzǐ lìxué)

Verb

力學

(literary) to study hard

Derived terms

力學不倦／力学不倦 (lìxuébùjuàn)
力學篤行／力学笃行 (lìxuédǔxíng)

References

汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 661

Japanese

Kanji in this term
力	學
りき Grade: 1	がく Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Proper noun

力(りき)學(がく) • (rikigaku)

Kyūjitai form of 力学 (“mechanics”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
力	學

Noun

力學 • (yeokhak or McCune-Reischauer: yŏkhak or Yale: yek.hak) (hangeul 역학)

Hanja form^? of 역학 (“mechanics”).

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