努力

Chinese

to exert; to strive power; force; strength
simp. and trad.
(努力)		 努 力

Pronunciation

Verb

努力

  1. to make an effort; to strive; to endeavor; to work hard
    要是現在不努力的話，將來會後悔的。 [MSC, trad.]
    要是现在不努力的话，将来会后悔的。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yàoshì xiànzài bù nǔlì dehuà, jiānglái huì hòuhuǐ de. [Pinyin]
    If you don't work hard now you'll regret it later on.

Synonyms

Adjective

努力

  1. hard-working; diligent; industrious
    一個非常努力的員工 [MSC, trad.]
    一个非常努力的员工 [MSC, simp.]
    yī ge fēicháng nǔlì de yuángōng [Pinyin]
    a hardworking employee

Synonyms

Adverb

努力

  1. diligently; hard (with a great deal of effort)
    非常努力地工作  ―  fēicháng nǔlì de gōngzuò  ―  to work extremely hard

Noun

努力

  1. endeavor; ability; effort
    盡最大的努力 / 尽最大的努力  ―  jìn zuìdà de nǔlì  ―  to do all one can
    資質愚笨的人應加倍努力，方可獲致成功。 [MSC, trad.]
    资质愚笨的人应加倍努力，方可获致成功。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zīzhì yúbèn de rén yìng jiābèi nǔlì, fāng kě huòzhì chénggōng. [Pinyin]
    People who are naturally clumsy should redouble their efforts in order to achieve success.

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
努 力
ど
Grade: 4		 りょく
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 努力 (nuo li̯ək, literally “to exert + strength”). Compare modern Cantonese reading nou5 lik6 or Min Nan ló͘-le̍k.

Pronunciation

Noun

努力 (hiragana どりょく, rōmaji doryoku)

  1. an effort, an endeavor

Synonyms

Verb

努力する (hiragana どりょくする, rōmaji doryoku suru)

  1. to endeavor, to make an effort
    彼 (かれ)は試 (し)験 (けん)に合格 (ごうかく)するために努力 (どりょく)した。
    Kare wa shiken ni gōkaku suru tame ni doryoku shita.
    He worked hard to pass the exam.

Conjugation

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
努力

Noun

努力 • (noryeok) (hangeul 노력)

  1. Hanja form? of 노력 (“an effort, an endeavor”).
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