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吃力 chīlì

吃力 chīlì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 吃力 chīlì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chīlì | chi1 li4
English translation
to entail strenuous effort
to toil at a task
strenuous
laborious
strain

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Traditional form

吃力 chīlì

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 吃力 chīlì

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chī

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

kǒu

Positional decomposition

口乞

Number of Strokes

6

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a plow, representing strength

Positional decomposition

丿 piě

Number of Strokes

2

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Example sentences using 吃力 chīlì

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坐在书桌 shū zhuō Hòu 吃力 chīlì 地写 zhāo yòng de shì 一支部队 bù duì de 钢笔 gāng bǐ

He sat behind a desk laboriously writing with an Army issue pen.

匆忙 cōngmáng 装好食品 shí pǐn lán 吃力 chīlì de līn shǎng 车子 chē zi

I hastily packed the hamper and lugged it to the car.

吃力 chīlì 地站 le 起来 qǐlai

He hauled himself to his feet.

吃力 chīlì Decomposition

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吃力 chīlì Compounds

See all 240 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 吃力 chīlì in their composition.

  • chī
      • wéi
      • dòng
      • Jiā
      • biān
      • nán
          • , ,
        • jiù , shēng , nán , nán , niǎo , nǎo ,
      • bàn
      • zhù
        • chú , , , chú , , chú
      • lìng
      • lēi
      • láo
        • , ,
      • yòu
        • yōu , yǎo , yǒu , ǎo , ào , yòu , yǒu , yǎo , yào , yòu , , , , , , , , , ,
      • liè
      • kān
        • kàn
      • juàn
      • láo
        • lāo , láo , , láo , láo , , , , , lào , láo , , , , , ,
      • xié
        • xié
          • , , , xié
        • , , xié , xié , , , , , , ,
      • dòng
        • xx
      • jué
        • juē
      • shāng , gōng , , shì , yǒng , jìn , jié , pāo , , qióng , qín , quàn , xūn , , miǎn , , xūn , jìn , chì , hāng , quàn , , mài , , shào , , láo , kuāng , jié , mǐn , yǒng , qíng , měng , miǎn , , , quàn , dān , ráng , , , , guì , , jīn , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , shì , , , chāo , , , , , , , , , xūn , , , , , , , , , , , , , jié , , bàn , , chì ,
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