眼力

Chinese

		eye	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (眼力)		眼	力

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnlì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ lik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gán-le̍k / gán-lia̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnlì → yǎnli (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧˋ → ㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄌㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnli̊
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-li⁵
  - Yale: yǎn-li
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean.lih
  - Palladius: яньли (janʹli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/ → /jɛn²¹⁴ li⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁵ lik⁶
  - Yale: ngáahn lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ lɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: gán-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gafnlek
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gán-lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: gán-lia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gafnliak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liak̚²⁴/

Noun

眼力

eyesight; strength of vision
ability to make discerning judgements

Synonyms

(eyesight):

目力 (mùlì) (literary)
目水 (Hakka, Leizhou Min)
眼火 (⁶nge-hu) (Ningbonese)
眼神 (yǎnshén) (Mainland China, colloquial)
視／视 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
視力／视力 (shìlì)

(ability to make discerning judgements):

慧眼 (huìyǎn)
目光 (mùguāng)
目力 (mùlì) (literary)
目潲 (Hokkien, vulgar)
目識／目识 (Singapore Hokkien)
目頭／目头 (Hokkien)
眼光 (yǎnguāng)
眼孔 (yǎnkǒng)
眼水 (ngaan⁵ seoi²) (Cantonese, dialectal Mandarin)
眼界 (yǎnjiè)
觀察力／观察力 (guānchálì)
識別力／识别力 (shíbiélì)
鑒賞力／鉴赏力 (jiànshǎnglì)

Derived terms

好眼力
有眼力
沒眼力／没眼力
眼力勁／眼力劲 (yǎnlìjìn)
眼力見兒／眼力见儿

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