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威力

wēi lì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

威力 (wēi lì) means "might; formidable power". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 威力 means

1. might
2. formidable power

The characters in 威力

• 威wēipower; might; prestige
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Example sentences

• 一名伟大的战士威力显着，无需抵死奋战。
  A great warrior radiates strength. He doesn't have to fight to the death.
• 那些追求和平和安全的人们，我们支持你们。那些所有怀疑美国的灯塔能否能像以前一样明亮的人们，今天晚上我们再次证明，我们国家真正的力量并非来自我们武器的威力或财富的规模，而是来自我们理想的持久力量：民主、 自由、机会、不屈服的希望。
  Nàxiē zhuīqiú hépíng hé ānquán de rénmen, wǒmen zhīchí nǐmen. nàxiē suǒyǒu huáiyí Měiguó de dēngtǎ néngfǒu néng xiàng yǐqián yīyàng míngliàng de rénmen, jīntiān wǎnshang wǒmen zàicì zhèngmíng, wǒmen guójiā zhēnzhèng de lìliang bìngfēi láizì wǒmen wǔqì de wēilì huò cáifù de guīmó, érshì láizì wǒmen lǐxiǎng de chíjiǔ lìliang: mínzhǔ, zìyóu, jīhuì, bù qūfú de xīwàng.
  To those who seek peace and security. We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright, tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.

Words containing 威力

• 比威力bǐ wēi lìyield-to-weight ratio (of a nuclear weapon)

Sounds the same

Read wēi lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 微粒speck; particle
• 威厉awe-inspiring; majestic
• 威利Wylie (name); Turrell Wylie, originator of the Wylie transcription of Tibetan script

Where 威力 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · wéi–wěi (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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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wēi lì correctly.
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