HSK 6 · Verbs

勉励 miǎnlì “to encourage” in Chinese

Traditional 勉勵

What 勉励 means

  1. to encourage
  2. to urge

How to say 勉励

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale勉miǎn3rd 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

勉励 in a sentence

  1. 老师勉励我们好好学习。

    Lǎoshī miǎnlì wǒmen hǎohǎo xuéxí.

    The teacher encouraged us to study hard.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 爸爸的话一直勉励着我。

    Bàba de huà yìzhí miǎnlì zhe wǒ.

    My dad’s words have always encouraged me.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 勉励 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 勉 (miǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
勉miǎnto exhort
  • 免to spare · miǎnSound part
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

力 hints at the meaning (strength); 免 (miǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with miǎn.

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 勉励

勉 9 strokes · 励 7 strokes

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

Words related to 勉励

Words with 勉

勉强miǎnqiǎng · reluctantly

Words with 励

鼓励gǔlì · to encourage激励jīlì · to encourage奖励jiǎnglì · to reward

More words: Thinking & Talking

理智lǐzhì · reason论证lùnzhèng · to prove埋怨mányuàn · to complain冒犯màofàn · to offend描绘miáohuì · to depict迷惑míhuò · to confuse评论pínglùn · to comment on批判pīpàn · to criticise

FAQs

勉励 (miǎnlì) means “to encourage” or “to urge”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it miǎnlì: miǎn 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, 勉励 is written 勉勵. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mianli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 勉励 from the suggestions. Typing mianli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
勉励 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.