| nǔ | to exert/to strive |
| 努 | to exert to strive |
| 努出 | to extend to push out (hands as a gesture) to pout (i.e. push out lips) |
| 努力 | great effort to strive to try hard |
| 努力争取 | labour for; labor; push |
| 努力以赴 | to use one’s best efforts to do sth (idiom) |
| 努力工作 | hard-working 2.to work hard |
| 努力的 | struggling; studious; exertive |
| 努劲儿 | to extend to put forth |
| 努嘴 | to pout to stick out one's lips |
| 努嘴儿 | erhua variant of 努嘴, to pout to stick out one's lips |
| 努尔哈赤 | Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金 (from 1616) |
| 努比亚 | Nubia |
| 努瓜娄发 | Nukualofa (the capital of Tonga) |
| 努瓦克肖特 | Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania |
| 努纳武特 | Nunavut territory, Canada |