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鼓励 (gǔ lì): Encourage (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

鼓 • gǔ • drum; to beat, to strike, to rouse
gǔ鼓

drum; to beat, to strike, to rouse

励 • lì • to encourage, to strive, to exert oneself
lì励

to encourage, to strive, to exert oneself

Word Info

Pinyingǔ lì
Meaningencourage
Characters2
SyntaxVerb
4.

How to Use 鼓励 in Sentences

Verb + Object
shòu受
dào到
gǔ鼓
lì励
neutral
receive encouragement
gǔ鼓
lì励
xué学
shēng生
neutral
encourage students
Adverb + Verbwith互相
hù互
xiāng相
gǔ鼓
lì励
Adjective + Nounwith热情
rè热
qíng情
gǔ鼓
lì励
5.

Example Sentences with 鼓励

mā妈
ma妈
gǔ鼓
lì励
wǒ我
。

HSK 4 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 鼓励.

  • 粗心cū xīncareless
  • 感动gǎn dòngmove (emotionally)
  • 抱歉bào qiànapologise
  • 安全ān quánsafe; security
  • 改变gǎi biànto change
  • 感谢gǎn xièto thank
  • 部分bù fenpart; section; portion
  • 放松fàng sōngto relax; slacken; loosen
  • 顾客gù kècustomer
  • 传真chuán zhēnfax
  • 餐厅cān tīngcanteen
  • 窗户chuāng huwindow
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 鼓励.

Words with 鼓
  • 鼓掌gǔ zhǎngapplaud
  • 鼓舞gǔ wǔto inspire; hearten; embolden
  • 鼓动gǔ dòngpromote; agitate
  • 一鼓作气
neutral
encourage each other
neutral
enthusiastic encouragement
Mom encourages me.
gōng公
sī司
gǔ鼓
lì励
yuán员
gōng工
tí提
chū出
chuàng创
xīn新
xiǎng想
fǎ法
，
bìng并
huì会
jǐ给
yǔ予
jiǎng奖
lì励
。
The company encourages employees to propose innovative ideas and will give rewards.
nǐ你
wèi为
shén什
me么
bù不
gǔ鼓
lì励
tā他
cháng尝
shì试
yí一
xià下
xīn新
de的
yùn运
dòng动
ne呢
？
Why don't you encourage him to try the new sport?
lǎo老
shī师
gǔ鼓
lì励
wǒ我
men们
duō多
dú读
shū书
。
The teacher encourages us to read more books.
miàn面
duì对
kùn困
nan难
shí时
，
jiā家
rén人
de的
gǔ鼓
lì励
gěi给
le了
wǒ我
jù巨
dà大
de的
lì力
liàng量
。
When facing difficulties, my family's encouragement gave me great strength.
yì gǔ zuò qì
Make a concerted effort / Keep up the momentum
  • 打鼓dǎ gǔto beat a drum; to feel nervous
  • 挝鼓zhuā gǔto beat a drum
  • 捣鼓dǎo gǔto fiddle with, to tinker
  • 擂鼓léi gǔto beat a drum
    • Words with 励
    • 勉励miǎn lìencourage
    • 奖励jiǎng lìencourage and reward; award; reward
    • 激励jī lìencourage; impel; urge
    • 励志lì zhìBe ambitious / strive to achieve