Chinese Word Entry

毫不費力

Simplified Chinese form: 毫不费力

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): háo bù fèi lì
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou4 bat1 fai3 lik6
Definitions:
  1. effortless

  2. not expending the slightest effort


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Chinese characters used in this word

fine hair, brush, not at all, measure of length
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄠˊ (háo)
Cantonese: hou4
Japanese: ゴウ (gou)、 コウ (kou) / ごう.も (goumo)、 すこし (sukoshi)
Korean: 호 (ho)
Vietnamese: hào

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy, no, not, un-, negative prefix
Readings
Mandarin: ㄅㄨˋ (bù), ㄅㄨˊ (bú), ㄈㄡˇ (fǒu), ㄈㄡ (fōu), ㄈㄨ (fū)
Cantonese: bat1
Japanese: フ (fu)、 ブ (bu)、 フツ (futsu)、 ヒ (hi) / せず (sezu)、 にあらず (niarazu)、 いなや (inaya)
Korean: 부 (bu), 불 (bul)
Vietnamese: bất, phầu, phủ, phi

expense, cost, spend, consume, waste, expenses, expenditures, fee
Readings
Mandarin: ㄈㄟˋ (fèi), ㄈㄨˊ (fú), ㄅㄧˋ (bì)
Cantonese: fai3
Japanese: ヒ (hi)、 フツ (futsu) / つい.やす (tsuiyasu)、 つい.える (tsuieru)、 ついえ (tsuie)
Korean: 비 (bi)
Vietnamese: phí, bỉ
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert, capability, influence, Kangxi radical 19
Readings
Mandarin: ㄌㄧˋ (lì)
Cantonese: lik6
Japanese: リョク (ryoku)、 リキ (riki)、 リイ (rii) / ちから (chikara)、 つとめる (tsutomeru)、 りきむ (rikimu)
Korean: 력 (ryeog), 역 (yeog)
Vietnamese: lực