粵

努nou5力lik6

nou5 lik6nǔ lì

English

  1. to make an effort; to try hard; to strive
  2. diligent
  3. hard-working; conscientious
  4. to make great efforts; to try hard

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 俾心機

Examples

  • 你要努力啲。

    You need to work harder.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你應該努力啲讀書。

    You should study harder.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 蕾拉好努力咁工作。

    Layla worked very hard.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 為咗買外國車,佢好努力做嘢。

    In order to buy a foreign car, he worked very hard.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 佢成功係靠努力,唔係靠彩數。

    It is through hard work that he succeeded, not through good luck.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 因為你唔夠努力,所以先會失敗。

    The reason why you failed is you did not try hard enough.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 加倍努力

    to work doubly hard

  • 佢好努力讀書,最後考全級第一。

    He is very hardworking, eventually ranking the first in his grade.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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