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动力

dòng lì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 動力

动力 (dòng lì) means "motive power". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 动力 means

1. motive power
2. (fig.) motivation; impetus

The characters in 动力

• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Words starting with 动力

• 动力学dòng lì xuédynamics (math.); kinetics
• 动力系统dòng lì xì tǒngpropulsion system; (math) dynamical system
• 动力反应堆dòng lì fǎn yìng duīpower reactor

Words containing 动力

• 劳动力láo dòng lìlabor force; manpower
• 推动力tuī dòng lìdriving force
• 原动力yuán dòng lìmotive force; prime mover; first cause
• 发动力fā dòng lìmotive power
• 量子电动力学liàng zǐ diàn dòng lì xuéquantum electrodynamics QED
• 量子色动力学liàng zǐ sè dòng lì xuéquantum chromodynamics (particle physics)
• 流体动力学liú tǐ dòng lì xuéfluid dynamics
• 核动力hé dòng lìnuclear power
• 空气动力kōng qì dòng lìaerodynamic force
• 空气动力学kōng qì dòng lì xuéaerodynamics
• 波动力学bō dòng lì xuéwave mechanics (physics)
• 药代动力学yào dài dòng lì xuépharmacokinetics
• 半劳动力bàn láo dòng lìone able to do light manual labor only; semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker
• 混合动力车hùn hé dòng lì chēhybrid vehicle
• 驱动力qū dòng lìdriving force
• 拖动力tuō dòng lìmotive force; traction
• 纤毛动力蛋白xiān máo dòng lì dàn báiciliary dynein protein
• 药物代谢动力学yào wù dài xiè dòng lì xuépharmacokinetics
• 核动力航空母舰hé dòng lì háng kōng mǔ jiànnuclear-powered aircraft carrier

Where 动力 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dīng–dōng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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