努力 (nǔlì) means Strive (effort - try hard - exert). Below are 24 of the 52 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我要更 努力 地学习汉语。
Wǒ yào gèng nǔlì de xuéxí Hànyǔ.
I am going to study Chinese even harder.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 努力
他保证会 努力 学习。
Tā bǎozhèng huì nǔlì xuéxí.
He guarantees he will study hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 保证
年轻时要 努力 奋斗。
Niánqīng shí yào nǔlì fèndòu.
When you are young you should strive hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 奋斗
成功要靠自己 努力 。
Chénggōng yào kào zìjǐ nǔlì.
Success depends on your own effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 靠
胜利属于 努力 的人。
Shènglì shǔyú nǔlì de rén.
Victory belongs to those who work hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 胜利
他们 努力 控制事态。
Tāmen nǔlì kòngzhì shìtài.
They worked hard to keep the situation under control.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 事态
他的 努力 是我的五倍。
Tā de nǔlì shì wǒ de wǔ bèi.
His effort is five times mine.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 倍
成功需要 努力 和耐心。
Chénggōng xūyào nǔlì hé nàixīn.
Success takes effort and patience.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 成功
这是大家 努力 的成果。
Zhè shì dàjiā nǔlì de chéngguǒ.
This is the fruit of everyone's effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 成果
不可否认,他很 努力 。
Bùkě fǒurèn, tā hěn nǔlì.
It cannot be denied that he works hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 否认
婚姻需要两个人 努力 。
Hūnyīn xūyào liǎng ge rén nǔlì.
A marriage takes effort from both people.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 婚姻
智力和 努力 同样重要。
Zhìlì hé nǔlì tóngyàng zhòngyào.
Intelligence and effort matter equally.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 智力
他很聪明,而且很 努力 。
Tā hěn cōngming, érqiě hěn nǔlì.
He is clever, and hard-working as well.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 而且
努力 学习才会有好成绩。
Nǔlì xuéxí cái huì yǒu hǎo chéngjì.
Only by studying hard will you get good results.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 成绩
只有 努力 才能提高水平。
Zhǐyǒu nǔlì cái néng tígāo shuǐpíng.
Only through hard work can you improve.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 只有
他很 努力 ,尤其是最近。
Tā hěn nǔlì, yóuqí shì zuìjìn.
He works hard, particularly lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 尤其
这是他多年 努力 的果实。
Zhè shì tā duō nián nǔlì de guǒshí.
This is the fruit of his years of effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 果实
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From the graded readers
我也终于明白,能长期做下去的,才叫 努力 。
wǒ yě zhōngyú míngbai, néng chángqī zuò xiàqu de / dì, cái jiào nǔlì.
And I finally understood that only what you can keep doing counts as effort.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
努力 appears in 52 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 努力
How is 努力 used in a sentence?
This page shows 52 sentences using 努力 (nǔlì, "Strive (effort - try hard - exert)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 努力 an HSK word?
Yes — 努力 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 努力?
The dictionary page for 努力 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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