鞭策

鞭策 biāncè

To spur on; to urge on; to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)^†

鞭策 in a sentence HSK 6 biance

What 鞭策 means

To spur on^†
to urge on^†
to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 鞭策, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Character by character

鞭策 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

鞭

biān

Whip (firecracker)

策

cè

Whip (suggest - method)

Words that share a character with 鞭策

How to write 鞭策

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鞭策 in a sentence

老师的批评鞭策我更加努力。

Lǎoshī de pīpíng biāncè wǒ gèngjiā nǔlì.

The teacher's criticism spurred me on to work harder.

他把失败当作鞭策自己的动力。

Tā bǎ shībài dàngzuò biāncè zìjǐ de dònglì.

He treats failure as a force that drives him on.

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Questions about 鞭策

What does 鞭策 mean in English?

鞭策 is pronounced biāncè and means To spur on, to urge on, to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress) †.

How do you pronounce 鞭策?

鞭策 is biāncè in pinyin — written biance without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 鞭策?

鞭策 is written with 2 characters: 鞭 (biān) Whip (firecracker), 策 (cè) Whip (suggest - method). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

Is 鞭策 an HSK word?

Yes — 鞭策 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Studied around the same time

边界 biānjiè 边境 biānjìng 边缘 biānyuán 编织 biānzhī 贬低 biǎndī 贬义 biǎnyì 扁 biǎn 变故 biàn'gù

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