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用力

yòng lì

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

用力 (yòng lì) means "to exert oneself physically". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 用力 means

1. to exert oneself physically

The characters in 用力

• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Example sentences

• 她用力地拍了球。
  Tā yònglì de pāi le qiú.
  She hit the ball hard.

Words containing 用力

• 作用力zuò yòng lì(physics) action force
• 强作用力qiáng zuò yòng lìthe strong force (in nuclear physics)
• 反作用力fǎn zuò yòng lì(physics) reaction force
• 弱作用力ruò zuò yòng lìthe weak force (in particle physics)

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yòng lì correctly.
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