努 nǔ try hard
怎么记住“努”: 奴 slave + 力 power = try hard. The student works like a slave through the night, puts all her power into the thesis and really does try hard.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
努 = 奴 slave + 力 power
- 奴 slave sound
- 力 power meaning
The student works like a slave through the night, puts all her power into the thesis and really does try hard.
How it came to be
Power gives the meaning and the top part gives the sound: to put all your strength into something.
用法
- Essentially locked into 努力 (nǔlì), to make an effort, to work hard: 好好努力 (hǎohǎo nǔlì) give it your all.
- 努力 works as verb and adverb: 努力学习 (nǔlì xuéxí) to study hard.
- Rare literal sense 'to pout/protrude': 努嘴 (nǔzuǐ) to gesture with pursed lips.
- Don't confuse the character with 怒 (nù, anger): same phonetic 奴 but different meaning and tone.
含“努”的词语
例句
- 我们共同努力吧。 Wǒmen gòngtóng nǔlì ba.Let's make a joint effort.
- 他们每个人都很努力。 Tāmen měi gè rén dōu hěn nǔlì.Each of them works very hard.