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精力

jīng lì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

精力 (jīng lì) means "energy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 精力 means

1. energy

The characters in 精力

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Example sentences

• 我小睡后就感到精力充沛。
  Wǒ xiǎoshuì hòu jiù gǎndào jīnglì chōngpèi.
  A little nap and, just like that, I'm as fresh as a daisy.
• 他把全部精力放到实验中了。
  Tā bǎ quánbù jīnglì fàng dào shíyàn zhōng le.
  All his energies were devoted to the experiment.
• 他不像从前那样精力充沛了。
  Tā bù xiàng cóngqián nàyàng jīnglìchōngpèi le.
  He's not as energetic as he used to be.
• 已经花费了很多的时间和精力。
  Yǐjīng huāfèi le hěn duō de shíjiān hé jīnglì.
  A considerable amount of time and effort have been spent already.
• 我在这项计划上投入了所有精力。
  Wǒ zài zhè xiàng jìhuà shàng tóurù le suǒyǒu jīnglì.
  I devote all my strength/energy to this project.
• 由于噪音，我无法集中精力工作了。
  I can't concentrate on my work because of the noise.

Words starting with 精力

• 精力充沛jīng lì chōng pèivigorous; energetic

Words containing 精力

• 全副精力quán fù jīng lìto concentrate entirely on sth; fully engaged; with full force

Sounds the same

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

• 经历to experience; to go through; experience
• 惊栗horror (genre); to tremble in fear

Where 精力 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Competition, Fitness & Timing (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jīng lì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.