Chinese symbol for “incentives”

激励机制

jī lì jī zhì

Traditional: 激勵機制

incentive mechanism; incentives

The closest CC-CEDICT match for incentives is 激励机制 (jī lì jī zhì), defined as: incentive mechanism; incentives.

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Characters and stroke order

激 jī

to arouse, to incite; acute, sharp; fierce, violent

radical 85 ⽔ · 16 strokes

励 lì

to encourage; to strive

radical 19 ⼒ · 7 strokes

机 jī

desk; machine; moment, opportunity

radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes

制 zhì

system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower

radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 激励机制.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
刺激	cì jī	to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant
激烈	jī liè	(of competition or fighting) intense; fierce
激动 (激動)	jī dòng	to move emotionally; to stir up (emotions)
激发 (激發)	jī fā	to arouse; to stimulate
激励 (激勵)	jī lì	to encourage; to urge
激情	jī qíng	passion; fervor
鼓励 (鼓勵)	gǔ lì	to encourage
奖励 (獎勵)	jiǎng lì	to reward; reward (as encouragement)
机构 (機構)	jī gòu	mechanism; structure
控制	kòng zhì	to control

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