鼓
励

To encourage in Chinese: 鼓励 (gǔ lì)

gǔ lì

to encourage

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 鼓勵2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to encourage

Stroke order

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鼓
励

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄨˇ

gǔ

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄌㄧˋ

lì

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

鼓励

Simplified

鼓勵

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 没有人鼓励他。

    méi yǒu rén gǔ lì tā。

    Nobody encouraged him.

  • 没有人鼓励她。

    méi yǒu rén gǔ lì tā。

    Nobody encouraged her.

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Related words

鼓

gǔ

drum

鼓掌

gǔ zhǎng

to applaud

鼓舞

gǔ wǔ

heartening (news)

奖励

jiǎng lì

to reward

鼓动

gǔ dòng

to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral)

激励

jī lì

to encourage

励志

lì zhì

to pursue a goal with determination

敲边鼓

qiāo biān gǔ

to back sb up

一鼓作气

yī gǔ zuò qì

in a spurt of energy

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