Dictionary › 不力

不力

bù lì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

不力 (bù lì) means "not to do one's best; not to exert oneself". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不力 means

1. not to do one's best
2. not to exert oneself

The characters in 不力

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Sounds the same

Read bù lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不利unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bù lì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.