無能為力

See also: 无能为力

Chinese

		incompetent; lacking ability
trad. (無能為力/無能爲力)		無能	為力/爲力
simp. (无能为力)		无能	为力

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúnéngwéilì

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ nang⁴ wai⁴ lik⁶
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): bô-lêng-ûi-le̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúnéngwéilì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúnéngwéilì
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-nêng²-wei²-li⁴
  - Yale: wú-néng-wéi-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wunengweilih
  - Palladius: унэнвэйли (unɛnvɛjli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵⁻⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵⁻⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ nang⁴ wai⁴ lik⁶
  - Yale: mòuh nàhng wàih lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ nang⁴ wai⁴ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ neng⁴ wei⁴ lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ nɐŋ²¹ wɐi̯²¹ lɪk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-lêng-ûi-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bô-lîng-uî-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boileng'uilek
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ui²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ui²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/

Idiom

無能為力

powerless; helpless

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