鼓励 gǔlì▶ animar

Stroke order

鼓励 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

• 鼓 — 13 strokes
• 励 — 7 strokes

Example sentences

• 老师鼓励我继续学习。Lǎoshī gǔlì wǒ jìxù xuéxí.The teacher encouraged me to keep studying.
• 他的话鼓励了大家。Tā de huà gǔlì le dàjiā.His words encouraged everyone.

Related words

• 鼓掌aplauso
• 鼓舞Inspirar
• 勉励Animar
• 奖励recompensa
• 激励animar
• 鼓动Agitación

鼓励 is pronounced gǔlì and means “animar”. You will meet it in HSK 4, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 鼓励 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.