給力

See also: 给力

Chinese

	to supply; provide; to to supply; provide; to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (passive particle)	power; force; strength
trad. (給力)	給	力
simp. (给力)	给	力
Literally: “to provide with force”.

Etymology

Originally a localism from Northern China, meaning “energetic, forceful; exciting, interesting”.

Allegedly popularized by a viral fandub video of an episode from the Japanese anime Gag Manga Biyori. In the episode "Saiyūki: The end of the journey", one peculiar line was 「這就是天竺麼？不給力啊老濕！」 (“This is India? This is not exciting at all, teacher.”), uttered by Sun Wukong after discovering that, in the supposedly sacred place of Tianzhu they had arrived at, there was only a small streamer with the two characters for “Tianzhu” written on it.

Etymology from other Chinese dialects, for example Min Nan 激力 (kek-la̍t, “to exert oneself”) or Hainan Lingao dialect 給力 (“to provide with force, to beat”), may also be possible.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gěilì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ lik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gěilì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geeilih
  - IPA ^(key): /keɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: kap¹ lik⁶
  - Yale: kāp lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ lig⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ lɪk̚²/
  - Homophones:
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    吸力
    給力／给力

Adjective

給力

(neologism) awesome; cool; fantastic; powerful; exciting; fashionable; desirable

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