努力
nou5 lik6nǔ lì
English
- to make an effort; to try hard; to strive
- diligent
- hard-working; conscientious
- to make great efforts; to try hard
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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