"To encourage" • Chinese-English Dictionary

DICTIONARY OPTIONS

CHARACTERS : Simplified Traditional

PHONETIC : Pinyin Bopomofo EFEO Wade-Giles Yale

鼓励	gǔ lì	to encourage
激励	jī lì	to encourage / to urge / motivation / incentive
鼓舞	gǔ wǔ	to inspire / to encourage / to hearten / to boost (morale)
鼓动	gǔ dòng	to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral) / to encourage / to agitate / to instigate / to incite / to beat / to flap (wings, a fan etc)
勉励	miǎn lì	to encourage
诱导	yòu dǎo	to induce / to encourage / to provide guidance / (medicine, chemistry) to induce
打气	dǎ qì	to inflate / to pump up / (fig.) to encourage / to boost morale
助威	zhù wēi	to cheer for / to encourage / to boost the morale of
助长	zhù zhǎng	to encourage / to foster / to foment
怂恿	sǒng yǒng	to instigate / to incite / to urge / to encourage
砥砺	dǐ lì	whetstone / (lit. and fig.) to hone / to sharpen / to encourage
劝勉	quàn miǎn	to advise / to encourage
鼓气	gǔ qì	to puff up / to swell up / to inflate / to blow air into sth / (fig.) to encourage / to support
兴	xīng	to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)
奖	jiǎng	prize / award / bonus / reward / (bound form) to encourage / to commend / to praise / to award / to give as a reward
励	lì	to encourage / to urge
钊	zhāo	to encourage / to cut / to strain
策励	cè lì	to encourage / to urge / to impel / to spur sb on