激
励

To encourage in Chinese: 激励 (jī lì)

jī lì

to encourage

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 激勵1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to encourage
  2. 2to urge
  3. 3motivation
  4. 4incentive

Stroke order

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激
励

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧ

jī

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄌㄧˋ

lì

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

激励

Simplified

激勵

Traditional

Example sentences

See 激励 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 老师的话激励我更加努力。

    lǎo shī de huà jī lì wǒ gèng jiā nǔ lì。

    The teacher's words motivated me to work even harder.

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Related words

鼓励

gǔ lì

to encourage

激动

jī dòng

to move emotionally

刺激

cì jī

to provoke

感激

gǎn jī

to be grateful

激烈

jī liè

(of competition or fighting) intense

奖励

jiǎng lì

to reward

激情

jī qíng

passion

激发

jī fā

to arouse

激光

jī guāng

laser

激化

jī huà

to intensify

激活

jī huó

to activate

激起

jī qǐ

to arouse

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