Chinese symbol for “horsepower”
马力
mǎ lì
Traditional: 馬力
horsepower
The closest CC-CEDICT match for horsepower is 马力 (mǎ lì), defined as: horsepower.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “horsepower”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 匹马力 (匹馬力) | pǐ mǎ lì | horsepower |
| 匹 | pǐ | (bound form) matching; comparable to; (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 马力.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马上 (馬上) | mǎ shàng | at once; right away |
| 马克 (馬克) | mǎ kè | mark (monetary unit) |
| 马路 (馬路) | mǎ lù | street; road |
| 人马 (人馬) | rén mǎ | men and horses; troops |
| 骑马 (騎馬) | qí mǎ | to ride a horse |
| 宝马 (寶馬) | bǎo mǎ | precious horse |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability; ability |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious |
See also: Japanese symbol for “horsepower”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.