力 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

力 English definition

  • power
  • force
  • strength
  • ability
  • strenuously

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Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : beautiful; magnificent; elegant; Korea
  • : example; precedent; rule; case; instance;
  • : clever;
  • : husband and wife;
  • : Lisu ethnic group of Yunnan; see 傈僳[Li4 su4];
  • : cold; frigid;
  • : sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit;
  • : to encourage; to urge;
  • : to pass through; to experience; to undergo; all; each; every; history;
  • : strict; severe;
  • : minor government official or functionary (old);
  • : sound of splitting; cracking;
  • : (final particle); sound; noise;
  • : cry of a crane or wild goose;
  • : used in transliteration;
  • : hole, pit;
  • : high mountain range;
  • : smooth; active; clever; sharp;
  • : sorrowful;
  • : Japanese variant of 戾[li4];
  • : to bend; to violate; to go against; ruthless and tyrannical;
  • : Japanese variant of 曆|历[li4];
  • : type of oak; stable (for horses);
  • : archaic variant of 櫪|枥, oak; type of tree in ancient books; stable (for horses);
  • : oak; Quercus serrata;
  • : chestnut;
  • : hedge;
  • : beam;
  • : to drip; to strain or filter; a trickle;
  • : miasma;
  • : to attend (official functions);
  • : name of a river;
  • : a kind of monkey;
  • : brilliance (pearls);
  • : ulcer; plague;
  • : dysentery;
  • : luster (of pearls);
  • : unreasonable; violent;
  • : cross stream by stepping on stones;
  • : grind; sandstone;
  • : gravel; small stone;
  • : to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately;
  • : bamboo rain hat;
  • : bamboos good for poles; horn;
  • : grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc);
  • : coarse rice;
  • : (cattle) tongue (Cantonese);
  • : Drabanemerosa hebecarpa;
  • : (herb); pigsty;
  • : litchi;
  • : to attend (an official function); to be present; to administer; to approach (esp. as administrator);
  • : jasmine;
  • : oyster;
  • : to curse; to scold;
  • : move; walk;
  • : to bully; wheel-rut;
  • : a kind of eating utensil; (old) (Italian) lira (loanword); livermorium (chemistry);
  • : attached to; scribe;
  • : clap of thunder;
  • : bald; scabby;
  • : Alcedo bengalensis;
  • : Korea
  • 𠠵 : 𥅛
  • 𠩵 : 𤋱
  • 𥝢 : 辥

Sentences examples with 力

  • 学生们学习很努力。
    Xuéshēngmen xuéxí hěn nǔlì.
  • 这个同学学习很认真,很努力。
    Zhège tóngxué xuéxí hěn rènzhēn, hěn nǔlì.
  • 努力是取得成功的保证。
    Nǔlì shì qǔdé chénggōng de bǎozhèng.
  • 你并不笨,只是需要更努力。
    Nǐ bìng bù bèn, zhǐshì xūyào gèng nǔlì.
  • 她很聪明,并且很努力。
    Tā hěn cōngmíng, bìngqiě hěn nǔlì.

Words containing 力, by HSK level