不可抗力

Chinese

		cannot; should not; must not	to resist; to fight; to defy	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (不可抗力)		不可	抗	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùkěkànglì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄤˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ho² kong³ lik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùkěkànglì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄤˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùkěkànglì
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻo³-kʻang⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: bù-kě-kàng-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukeekanqlih
    • Palladius: букэканли (bukɛkanli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ho² kong³ lik⁶
    • Yale: bāt hó kong lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ho² kong³ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ho² kong³ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ kʰɔːŋ³³ lɪk̚²/

Noun

不可抗力

1. (law) force majeure; act of God

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	可	抗	力
ふ Grade: 4	か Grade: 5	こう Grade: S	りょく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふかこーりょく [fùkákóꜜòryòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ka̠ko̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

不(ふ)可(か)抗(こう)力(りょく) • (fukakōryoku) 

1. act of God; irresistible force; inevitability
   • 2021 December 3, Yukinobu Tatsu, “気にしてるじゃんか [You're Bothered, Aren't You?]” (chapter 23), in ダンダダン [Dandadan], volume 3, Shueisha, →ISBN, page 190:

     わっぷ!!スイマセン!!これは不(ふ)可(か)抗(こう)力(りょく)です!!もう二度(にど)と触(さわ)りません!!

     wappu!! suimasen!! kore wa fukakōryoku desu!! mō nido to sawarimasen!!

     Wah! Sorry! It was beyond my control! I won't ever touch you again!

2. (law) force majeure; vis major

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
不	可	抗	力

Noun

不可抗力 • (bulgahangnyeok) (hangeul 불가항력)

1. hanja form^? of 불가항력 (“force majeure; act of God”)