= li + Ø4
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously
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How to pronounce 力

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= li initial

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago

力 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
Character component without intrinsic meaning
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丿
piě = pi + e3
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
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Characters with 力 as component

zhù = zhu + Ø4
to help / to assist
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nán = n + an2
male / Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
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gōng = gu + (e)ng1
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
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Words with 力

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great effort / to strive / to try hard
to make a great effort; to try hard
capability / ability / CL:個|个[ge4]

Sentences with 力

xiān
qióng

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power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

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Prompt snippets

The power button is a circular, matte-black plastic disc featuring a recessed, translucent white icon of a broken circle bisected by a vertical line. Its surface has a fine-grained, non-slip texture, and it is set flush within a brushed aluminum housing with sharp, chamfered edges.