Meaning
to exert; to strive
Chinese: 使劲、努力。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “nu” becomes a different word in each tone. 努 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 努力nǔ lìto make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working
- 努出nǔ chūto extend; to push out (hands as a gesture); to pout (i.e. push out lips)
- 努嘴nǔ zuǐto pout; to stick out one's lips
- 努嘴儿nǔ zuǐ rcolloquial (-r) form of 努嘴
- 加大努力jiā dà nǔ lìto try harder; to redouble one's efforts
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Example Sentence
只要努力，就一定能学好中文。Zhǐ yào nǔ lì, jiù yí dìng néng xué hǎo Zhōng wén.As long as you work hard, you can surely learn Chinese well.
只要Zhǐ yàoso long as努力nǔ lìhard-working，就jiùthen一定yí dìngsurely能néngcan学好xué hǎoto follow good examples中文Zhōng wénChinese language。