劝
说

To persuade in Chinese: 劝说 (quàn shuō)

quàn shuō

to persuade

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 勸說1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to persuade
  2. 2persuasion
  3. 3to advise

Stroke order

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劝
说

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄩㄢˋ

quàn

ㄑ/ qㄩ/ üㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕㄨㄛ

shuō

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

劝说

Simplified

勸說

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我们劝说他留下来继续工作。

    wǒ men quàn shuō tā liú xià lái jì xù gōng zuò。

    We persuaded him to stay and keep working.

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Related words

劝

quàn

to advise

说

shuō

to speak

说话

shuō huà

to speak

说明

shuō míng

to explain

小说

xiǎo shuō

novel

传说

chuán shuō

legend

胡说

hú shuō

to talk nonsense

据说

jù shuō

it is said that

说服

shuō fú

to persuade

听说

tīng shuō

to hear (sth said)

说法

shuō fǎ

to expound Buddhist teachings

解说

jiě shuō

to explain (verbally)

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