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努

nǔ

HSK 3 Character

What 努 means

1. to exert
2. to strive

Example sentences

• 努力。
  Try hard.
• 继续努力。
  Keep trying.
• 我在努力。
  I'm working on doing that.
• 他努力工作。
  He works hard.
• 你工作努力。
  You work hard.
• 他努力学习。
  He studied hard.

Words starting with 努

• 努力nǔ lìto make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
• 努尔哈赤Nǔ ěr hā chìNurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 后金
• 努克Nǔ kèNuuk, capital of Greenland
• 努出nǔ chūto extend; to push out (hands as a gesture); to pout (i.e. push out lips)
• 努比亚Nǔ bǐ yàNubia
• 努美阿Nǔ měi āNouméa, capital of New Caledonia
• 努纳武特Nǔ nà wǔ tèNunavut territory, Canada
• 努库阿洛法Nǔ kù ā luò fǎNuku'alofa (capital of Tonga)
• 努嘴nǔ zuǐto pout; to stick out one's lips
• 努劲儿nǔ jìn rto extend; to put forth
• 努瓦克肖特Nǔ wǎ kè xiāo tèNouakchott, capital of Mauritania
• 努瓜娄发Nǔ guā lóu fāNuku'alofa, capital of Tonga (Tw)
• 努嘴儿nǔ zuǐ rerhua variant of 努嘴

Words containing 努

• 支努干Zhī nǔ gānChinook (helicopter)
• 阿伊努Ā yī nǔAinu (ethnic group of Japan's north and Russia's east)
• 加大努力jiā dà nǔ lìto try harder; to redouble one's efforts
• 因努伊特Yīn nǔ yī tèInuit
• 瓦努阿图Wǎ nǔ ā túVanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
• 哈努卡Hā nǔ kǎHanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev…
• 哈努卡节Hā nǔ kǎ jiéHanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev…
• 西哈努克Xī hā nǔ kè(King) Sihanouk (of Cambodia)
• 科托努Kē tuō nǔCotonou (city in Benin)
• 史努比Shǐ nǔ bǐSnoopy (comic strip pet dog)
• 贝努力Bèi nǔ lìBernoulli (Swiss mathematical family, including Johann (1667-1748) and Daniel (1700-1782))
• 奇努克Qí nǔ kèChinook (helicopter)
• 亚努科维奇Yà nǔ kē wéi qíViktor Feyedov Yanukovych (1950-) Ukrainian politician
• 拜科努尔Bài kē nǔ ěrBaikonur (Russian space launch site in Kazakhstan)
• 拜科努尔航天发射基地Bài kē nǔ ěr Háng tiān Fā shè Jī dìBaikonur Cosmodrome
• 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲shào zhuàng bù nǔ lì , lǎo dà tú shāng bēiif you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age

Characters built on 奴

These share the phonetic component 奴 (nú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 怒nùanger; fury; flourishing
• 弩nǔcrossbow
• 驽nú(literary) inferior horse
• 孥núchild; offspring
• 胬nǔused in 胬肉

Characters that look like 努

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 势shìpower; influence; potential
• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed
• 秀xiù(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent…
• 肾shènkidney
• 昔xīformer times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí
• 茔yíng(literary) a grave

Sounds the same

Read nǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 弩crossbow
• 呶to pout
• 胬used in 胬肉
• 砮flint; (metonym) arrowhead