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)

The class monitor urged everyone to join the weekend environmental activity, and in the end the whole class signed up.

Encouraged by her friends, she finally mustered the courage to sign up for the singing competition.

The coach kept urging the players not to give up and to persevere until the last minute of the game.

My mother encouraged me to use my vacation to volunteer in the community and help those in need.