鼓勵

See also: 鼓励

Chinese

		convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat	exhort
trad. (鼓勵)		鼓	勵
simp. (鼓励)		鼓	励

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔlì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² lai⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kú-li

(Hailu, HRS): gu^ˊ li^˖
Eastern Min (BUC): gū-lâ̤
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gou³ le⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-lē

(Teochew, Peng'im): gou² li⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔlì
  - Wade–Giles: ku³-li⁴
  - Yale: gǔ-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guulih
  - Palladius: гули (guli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    古力
    古麗 / 古丽
    穀粒 / 谷粒
    股利
    骨力
    鼓勵 / 鼓励
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu² lai⁶
  - Yale: gú laih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu² lai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu² lei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ lɐi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kú-li
  - Hakka Romanization System: gu^ˋ li
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gu³ li⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ku³¹ li⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gu^ˊ li^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /ku²⁴⁻³³ li³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gū-lâ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³³⁻⁵⁵ l̃ɑ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gou³ le⁵ [Phonetic: gou² le⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gô-lā̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔu⁴⁵³⁻¹³ le¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gou³ le⁵ [Phonetic: gou² le⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔu³³²⁻²⁴ le²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-lē
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-lē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofle
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ le⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ le³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gou² li⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóu lĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou⁵²⁻³⁵ li³⁵/

Verb

鼓勵

to encourage
莫大的鼓勵／莫大的鼓励 ― mòdà de gǔlì ― greatest encouragements

鼓勵的話／鼓励的话 ― gǔlì de huà ― words of encouragement

國家鼓勵高學歷人才參軍入伍。 [MSC, trad.]
国家鼓励高学历人才参军入伍。 [MSC, simp.]
Guójiā gǔlì gāo xuélì réncái cānjūn rùwǔ. [Pinyin]
The state encourages highly educated talented individuals to join the army.

Synonyms

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勉勵 / 勉励 (miǎnlì)
勸 / 劝 (quàn)
勗勉 / 勖勉 (xùmiǎn) (literary)
激勵 / 激励 (jīlì)
砥礪 / 砥砺 (dǐlì)
鼓動 / 鼓动 (gǔdòng)
鼓舞 (gǔwǔ)

Related terms

提倡 (tíchàng)

References

“鼓勵”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.