勵 (lai6 | li4) : encourage

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勵

lai6

li4

encourage; incite; exert oneself; strive for

Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: 力 (#19)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

勵 / 励

This word has been viewed 4211 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Jul 2009 15:08

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激勵 gik1 lai6 ji1 li4 = to encourage; to urge; to inspire; to stimulate; motivate 國

獎勵 zoeng2 lai6 jiang3 li4 = reward; incentive

鼓勵 gu2 lai6 gu3 li4 = to encourage

勉勵 min5 lai6 mian3 li4 = to encourage

少少苦楚等於激勵 siu2 siu2 fu2 co2 dang2 jyu1 gik1 lai6 = a little bit of difficulty/hardship is just encouragement

勵志 lai6 zi3 li4 zhi4 = inspiring; motivated

惕勵 tik1 lai6 ti4 li4 = to encourage oneself through a warning

香港青年獎勵計劃 hoeng1 gong2 cing1 nin4 zoeng2 lai6 gai3 waak6 = The Hong Kong Award for Young People

Showing 1 example containing 勵

小小苦楚等於激勵。
Tiny misery will only be a motivation.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 勵
Unicode code for this character: U+52f5 (off-site link)

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