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The Cantonese word nou lik - 努力 - nou5 lik6
(effort in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

nou5 lik6

English translations

effort, hard, exertion, to exert,
to strive, to labor

Chinese characters:

努力
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努力 (nou5 lik6) is composed of these characters: 努, 力
The traditional Chinese characters of nou5 lik6 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Topic
Personality

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

to exert  |  force
努力 ( nou lik / nou5 lik6 ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 293)
More words that mean hard in Cantonese
gong1 ( 刚 ), kwan3 naan4 ( 困难 ), ngaang6 ( 硬 ), san1 fu2 ( 辛苦 )

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