努力

nǔlì

to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious

verbadjective HSK 3.0 · Band 3

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

他学习很努力。

He studies very hard.

只要努力就能学好。

As long as you work hard, you can learn well.