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動力 can be used for motivation - it can also mean power/motion/propulsion/force. It can be anything internal or external that keeps you going.
動力 is the safest way to express motivation in Chinese. If your audience is Japanese, please see the other entry for motivation. 動力 is a word in Japanese and Korean, but it means “motive power” or “kinetic energy” (without the motivation meaning that you are probably looking for).
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 動力 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
動力 动力 see styles |
dòng lì dong4 li4 tung li douryoku / doryoku どうりょく |
More info & calligraphy: Motivation(1) power; motive power; (2) {engr} (See 三相交流) three-phase electricity; (personal name) Ichiriki |
制動力 see styles |
seidouryoku / sedoryoku せいどうりょく |
braking force; braking power |
動力因 see styles |
douryokuin / doryokuin どうりょくいん |
{phil} (See 作用因) efficient cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?") |
動力学 see styles |
dourikigaku / dorikigaku どうりきがく |
dynamics |
動力學 动力学 see styles |
dòng lì xué dong4 li4 xue2 tung li hsüeh |
dynamics (math.); kinetics |
動力源 see styles |
douryokugen / doryokugen どうりょくげん |
source of power |
動力炉 see styles |
douryokuro / doryokuro どうりょくろ |
nuclear power reactor |
動力計 see styles |
douryokukei / doryokuke どうりょくけい |
dynamometer |
勞動力 劳动力 see styles |
láo dòng lì lao2 dong4 li4 lao tung li |
labor force; manpower |
原動力 原动力 see styles |
yuán dòng lì yuan2 dong4 li4 yüan tung li gendouryoku / gendoryoku げんどうりょく |
motive force; prime mover; first cause; agent motive power; driving force |
拖動力 拖动力 see styles |
tuō dòng lì tuo1 dong4 li4 t`o tung li to tung li |
motive force; traction |
推動力 推动力 see styles |
tuī dòng lì tui1 dong4 li4 t`ui tung li tui tung li |
driving force |
核動力 核动力 see styles |
hé dòng lì he2 dong4 li4 ho tung li |
nuclear power |
機動力 see styles |
kidouryoku / kidoryoku きどうりょく |
mobility |
活動力 see styles |
katsudouryoku / katsudoryoku かつどうりょく |
energy; vitality |
發動力 发动力 see styles |
fā dòng lì fa1 dong4 li4 fa tung li |
motive power |
行動力 see styles |
koudouryoku / kodoryoku こうどうりょく |
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive |
起動力 see styles |
kidouryoku / kidoryoku きどうりょく |
motive power; impetus |
運動力 see styles |
undouryoku / undoryoku うんどうりょく |
impetus |
震動力 震动力 see styles |
zhèn dòng lì zhen4 dong4 li4 chen tung li |
force of seismic wave |
駆動力 see styles |
kudouryoku / kudoryoku くどうりょく |
driving power |
驅動力 驱动力 see styles |
qū dòng lì qu1 dong4 li4 ch`ü tung li chü tung li |
driving force |
動力故障 see styles |
douryokukoshou / doryokukosho どうりょくこしょう |
power failure |
動力系統 动力系统 see styles |
dòng lì xì tǒng dong4 li4 xi4 tong3 tung li hsi t`ung tung li hsi tung |
propulsion system; (math.) dynamical system |
動力資源 see styles |
douryokushigen / doryokushigen どうりょくしげん |
energy resource; source of energy |
動力降下 see styles |
douryokukouka / doryokukoka どうりょくこうか |
{aviat} power dive |
半勞動力 半劳动力 see styles |
bàn láo dòng lì ban4 lao2 dong4 li4 pan lao tung li |
one able to do light manual labor only; semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker |
山本動力 see styles |
yamamotoichiriki やまもといちりき |
(person) Yamamoto Ichiriki |
波動力學 波动力学 see styles |
bō dòng lì xué bo1 dong4 li4 xue2 po tung li hsüeh |
wave mechanics (physics) |
空氣動力 空气动力 see styles |
kōng qì dòng lì kong1 qi4 dong4 li4 k`ung ch`i tung li kung chi tung li |
aerodynamic force |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Motivation | 動力 动力 | douryoku / doryoku | dòng lì / dong4 li4 / dong li / dongli | tung li / tungli |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.