努力

nǔlì

verb HSK 2 #528

Meanings

1 to work hard
2 hard-working
3 effort

Characters

strength; effort

Examples

HSK 1

他学习很努力。

Tā xuéxí hěn nǔlì.

He studies very hard.

HSK 1

你要努力学中文。

Nǐ yào nǔlì xué Zhōngwén.

You should work hard at learning Chinese.

HSK 3

努力就会成功。

Nǔlì jiù huì chénggōng.

Hard work leads to success.

Tips

grammar

努力 can be a verb (你要努力), an adjective (他很努力), or a noun (你的努力没有白费, your efforts were not in vain).

Stroke Order

努 nǔ

力 lì