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勵

lì

strive; encourage

Strokes
17
Radical
力
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 励

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 励, the simplified form of 勵. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 没有人鼓励他。

    Méi yǒu rén gǔ lì tā

    Nobody encouraged him.

  • 多多鼓励他人。

    Duō duō gǔ lì tā rén

    Encourage others.

  • 没有人鼓励她。

    Méi yǒu rén gǔ lì tā

    No one encouraged her.

  • 民主主义鼓励自由。

    Mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gǔ lì zì yóu

    Democracy encourages freedom.

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

Words containing 励

  • 鼓励gǔ lì 3–4 to encourage
  • 奖励jiǎng lì 3–4 to reward; reward (as encouragement)
  • 激励jī lì 1–4 to encourage; to urge; motivation; incentive
  • 勉励miǎn lì 3–4 to encourage
  • 励志lì zhì 4–4 to pursue a goal with determination; inspirational; motivational