勤力
kan4 lik6qín lì
English
- hardworking
- hardworking; putting a lot of effort into doing something
- diligent
粵語 — Cantonese
- 好努力,好畀心機,好用功咁做一樣嘢
Examples
佢讀書好勤力。
He puts a lot of effort into his studies.
我叫渠等勤力啲讀書。
I told them to study harder.
Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY
佢後生嗰陣好勤力做嘢。
In his younger days he worked very hard.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
做嘢唔使勤力,用腦就得。
Work smarter, not harder.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
個分別係佢做嘢做得勤力過你。
The difference is this: he works harder than you.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
啲人話渠後生嗰陣好勤力做嘢。
It is said that he worked very hard in his younger days.
Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY
你覺唔覺得自己係一個勤力嘅人?
Do you consider yourself hardworking?
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk