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努力

nǔ lì 3–4

to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious

HSK level
HSK 2
HSK 2.0 level 3 · HSK 3.0 level 2
Characters
2
努 · 力
Syllables
2
nǔ lì
Frequency
Common
corpus count 505

Part of speech: ad,an,a

Character by character

  • 努nǔ7 strokesHSK 2to exert, strive, make an effort; to pout
  • 力lì2 strokesHSK 2power, capability, influence; Kangxi radical 19

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

  • 我在努力。

    Wǒ zài nǔ lì

    I'm working on doing that.

  • 你工作努力。

    Nǐ gōng zuò nǔ lì

    You work hard.

  • 他努力工作。

    Tā nǔ lì gōng zuò

    He works hard.

  • 她努力地工作。

    Tā nǔ lì de gōng zuò

    She worked hard.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 努力. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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