HSK6: learn ten words at a time

努力 · nǔlì

make an effort; work hard

I / me我wǒwant / think / miss想xiǎng努力提高nǔ lì tí gāoChinese language汉语hàn yǔlevel (of achievement etc)水平shuǐ píng。

wǒ xiǎng nǔ lì tí gāo hàn yǔ shuǐ píng。

Here, 努力: make an effort; work hard.

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力气 · lìqi

physical strength; energy for an action

I / me我wǒnot / haven't没méistrength力气lì qìto move (i.e. relocate…搬bānthis这个zhè gesuitcase箱子xiāng zi。

wǒ méi lì qi bān zhè ge xiāng zi。

Here, 力气: physical strength; energy for an action.

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能力 · nénglì

ability; capacity to do something

这门zhè méncourse课程kè chéngassistance帮助bāng zhùI / me我wǒto raise提高tí gāoto read阅读yuè dúcapability能力néng lì。

zhè mén kè chéng bāng zhù wǒ tí gāo yuè dú néng lì。

Here, 能力: ability; capacity to do something.

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巧克力 · qiǎokèlì

chocolate

这块zhè kuàichocolate (loanword)巧克力qiǎo kè lìslightly有点儿yǒu diǎn érbitter苦kǔ。

zhè kuài qiǎo kè lì yǒu diǎnr kǔ。

Here, 巧克力: chocolate.

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听力 · tīnglì

listening ability; the skill of understanding spoken language

I / me我wǒwant / think / miss想xiǎngmany多duōto make做zuòsome一些yī xiēhearing听力tīng lìto practice练习liàn xí。

wǒ xiǎng duō zuò yì xiē tīng lì liàn xí。

Here, 听力: listening ability; the skill of understanding spoken language.

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压力 · yālì

pressure; a burden that makes someone feel stressed

to take an exam考试kǎo shìfront前qián，I / me我wǒto feel感到gǎn dàoslightly有点儿yǒu diǎn érpressure压力yā lì。

kǎo shì qián， wǒ gǎn dào yǒu diǎnr yā lì。

Here, 压力: pressure; a burden that makes someone feel stressed.

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大力 · dàlì

strongly; with great effort or support

school学校xué xiào大力支持dà lì zhī chíthis这个zhè geitem项目xiàng mù。

xué xiào dà lì zhī chí zhè ge xiàng mù。

Here, 大力: strongly; with great effort or support.

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尽力 · jìnlì

do one's best; make every effort, pronounced jìnlì

尽力 is jìnlì and stresses doing your best. 尽量 (jǐnliàng) means to the extent possible; the first syllables have different tones.

我会wǒ huìto strive one's hardest尽力jìn lìto complete完成wán chéng这项zhè xiàngmission任务rèn wù。

wǒ huì jìn lì wán chéng zhè xiàng rèn wu。

Here, 尽力: do one's best; make every effort, pronounced jìnlì.

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精力 · jīnglì

energy available for an activity

lack of sleep睡眠不足shuì mián bù zúo'clock时shí，I / me我wǒnot have / haven't没有méi yǒuenergy精力jīng lìto learn学习xué xí。

shuì mián bù zú shí， wǒ méi yǒu jīng lì xué xí。

Here, 精力: energy available for an activity.

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力 · lì

force; strength used to act on something

to push推tuīthis这zhè扇门shàn ménto need需要xū yàoto use / with用yòng很大hěn dà(modifier / structural particle)的depower力lì。

tuī zhè shàn mén xū yào yòng hěn dà de lì。

Here, 力: force; strength used to act on something.

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