努力

nǔlì

verb HSK 2 #528

Meanings

1 to work hard
2 hard-working
3 effort

Characters

strength; effort

Examples

他学习很努力。

Tā xuéxí hěn nǔlì.

He studies very hard.

你要努力学中文。

Nǐ yào nǔlì xué Zhōngwén.

You should work hard at learning Chinese.

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