食力 [－－]

Jyutping sik6 lik6
Pinyin shí lì

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to support oneself by one's own labour
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
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Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, literary
    to live off taxes
  2. verb
    to live off labour
  3. verb, Cantonese
    to sustain physical pressure or impact
    • 然而拖鞋不咬地容易跣，所以煞掣时未必食力，随时出事
      然而拖鞋不咬地容易跣，所以煞掣时未必食力，随时出事
      jin4 ji4 to1 haai2 bat1 ngaau5 dei6 jung4 ji6 sin3, so2 ji5 saat3 zai3 si4 mei6 bit1 sik6 lik6, ceoi4 si4 ceot1 si6
      but slippers don't grip onto the floor, making it easy to slip, so when braking, it may not be able to sustain the impact and an accident may happen any time
  4. noun, literary
    food and manpower
  5. noun, literary
    commoner; labourer
  6. noun, literary
    energy from food
  7. verb, Min-Nan, Puxian-Min
    to involve much effort; to be a strain; to be exhausting
  8. adj, Hokkien, Min-Nan
    serious; severe
    (syn.) 著力, 着力, 費力, 食力, 費勁, 费劲, 吃勁, 费力, 吃力, 吃劲, 了力
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    然而拖鞋不咬地容易跣，所以煞掣时未必食力，随时出事
    然而拖鞋不咬地容易跣，所以煞掣时未必食力，随时出事
    jin4 ji4 to1 haai2 bat1 ngaau5 dei6 jung4 ji6 sin3, so2 ji5 saat3 zai3 si4 mei6 bit1 sik6 lik6, ceoi4 si4 ceot1 si6
    • but slippers don't grip onto the floor, making it easy to slip, so when braking, it may not be able to sustain the impact and an accident may happen any time