勵 (lai6) — encourage; incite; exert oneself; strive for in Cantonese
laiˍ₆勵简 励
Mandarin Pinyin: li4
Meaning of 勵
nounencourage; incite; exert oneself; strive for
Example Sentences with 勵
siuˊ²小siuˊ²小fuˊ²苦coˊ²楚dangˊ²等jyuˉ¹於gikˉ¹激laiˍ₆勵。
Tiny misery will only be a motivation.
zing˗₃政fuˊ²府guˊ²鼓laiˍ₆勵saangˉ¹生jiˍ₆二toi1.胎。
The government encourages having a second child.
gungˉ¹公siˉ¹司guˊ²鼓likˍ₆勵bouˍ₆步hangˎ₄行。
The company encourages walking.
louˏ₅老siˉ¹師beiˊ²俾zoˊ²咗guˊ²鼓lik6.勵。
The teacher gave encouragement.
wuˍ₆互soengˉ¹相guˊ²鼓lik6,勵，wuˍ₆互minˏ₅勉。
Encourage each other, mutually.
Words Containing 勵
獎勵zoeng2 lai6
reward; incentive
勵志lai6 zi3
be determined to fulfill one's aspirations
鼓勵gu2 lai6
to encourage
激勵gik1 lai6
to encourage; to urge; to inspire; to stimulate; motivate
惕勵tik1 lai6
to encourage oneself through a warning
勉勵min5 lai6
to encourage
勵精圖治lai6 zing1 tou4 zi6
put in great efforts to bring a country into prosperity
物質獎勵mat6 zat1 zoeng2 lai6
materialistic rewards; materialistic incentives
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
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