HSK 6 · Ideas

威力 wēilì “power” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 威力 means

  1. power
  2. might
  3. formidable power

How to say 威力

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale威wēi1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale力lì4th tone, falling

威力 in a sentence

  1. 台风的威力很大。

    Táifēng de wēilì hěn dà.

    The typhoon was very powerful.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 别小看这个小东西的威力。

    Bié xiǎokàn zhè ge xiǎo dōngxi de wēilì.

    Don’t underestimate how powerful this little thing is.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 威力 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 威 (wēi) with each of its parts in a different colour
威wēipower
  • 戌part of the character
  • 女woman · nǚ
The character 力 (lì) drawn as one shape
力lìpower

力 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidThought to show an old plough, and pulling it took strength: strength, power.

How to write 威力

威 9 strokes · 力 2 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

威力 (wēilì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 威力 (wēilì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 威力

Words with 威

威胁wēixié · to threaten威风wēifēng · impressive权威quánwēi · authority示威shìwēi · to hold a demonstration威望wēiwàng · prestige威信wēixìn · prestige

Words with 力

努力nǔlì · to work hard力气lìqi · strength能力nénglì · capability压力yālì · pressure巧克力qiǎokèlì · chocolate (loanword)精力jīnglì · energy尽力jìnlì · to strive one’s hardest权力quánlì · power力量lìliang · power魅力mèilì · charm

More words: Ideas & Concepts

途径tújìng · way突破tūpò · to break through外界wàijiè · the outside world危机wēijī · crisis威望wēiwàng · prestige威信wēixìn · prestige相差xiāngchà · to differ相辅相成xiāngfǔxiāngchéng · to complement each other

FAQs

威力 (wēilì) means “power” or “might”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wēilì: wēi with a 1st tone, then lì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 威力 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weili with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 威力 from the suggestions. Typing weili into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
威力 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.