HSK 6 · Work

奖励 jiǎnglì “to reward” in Chinese

Traditional 獎勵

What 奖励 means

  1. to reward
  2. incentive
  3. reward (as encouragement)

How to say 奖励

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale奖jiǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale励lì4th tone, falling

奖励 in a sentence

  1. 他有权得到奖励。

    Tā yǒu quán dédào jiǎnglì.

    He is entitled to the reward.

    Sentence #9959101 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他被奖励了一块金表。

    Tā bèi jiǎnglì le yí kuài jīn biǎo.

    He was given a gold watch as a reward.

    Sentence #1883541 from Tatoeba

How 奖励 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 奖 (jiǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
奖jiǎngprize; award; bonus; reward
  • 丬half of tree trunk · qiángSound part
  • 夕evening · xī
  • 大big · dàMeaning part

大 hints at the meaning (big); 丬 (qiáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎng.

The character 励 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
励lìto encourage
  • 厉whetstone · lìSound part
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

力 hints at the meaning (strength); 厉 (lì) hints at the sound. Compare it with lì.

How to write 奖励

奖 9 strokes · 励 7 strokes

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奖励 (jiǎnglì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 奖励 (jiǎnglì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 奖励

Words with 奖

奖金jiǎngjīn · bonus过奖guòjiǎng · you flatter me奖赏jiǎngshǎng · to reward

Words with 励

鼓励gǔlì · to encourage激励jīlì · to encourage勉励miǎnlì · to encourage

More words: Work & Career

合伙héhuǒ · to form a partnership后勤hòuqín · logistics汇报huìbào · to report监督jiāndū · to supervise奖赏jiǎngshǎng · to reward解雇jiěgù · to dismiss敬业jìngyè · dedication to one’s work精益求精jīngyìqiújīng · to strive for perfection

FAQs

奖励 (jiǎnglì) means “to reward” or “incentive”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiǎnglì: jiǎng with a 3rd tone, then lì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 奖励 is written 獎勵. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiangli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 奖励 from the suggestions. Typing jiangli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
奖励 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.