Traditional: 鼓勵
鼓励 (gǔ lì) means “to encourage”. It is an HSK 4 Chinese word (traditional 鼓勵) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
老师鼓励学生努力学习。
Lǎoshī gǔlì xuésheng nǔlì xuéxí.
The teacher encourages students to study hard.
Updated: 2026-05-27