说
服

To persuade in Chinese: 说服 (shuō fú)

shuō fú

to persuade

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 說服2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to persuade
  2. 2to convince
  3. 3to talk sb over
  4. 4Taiwan pr. [shuì fú]

Stroke order

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说
服

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄨㄛ

shuō

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

ㄈㄨˊ

fú

ㄈ/ fㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

说服

Simplified

說服

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我说服不了他们。

    wǒ shuō fú bù liǎo tā men。

    I can't convince them.

  • 汤姆没能说服玛丽。

    tāng mǔ méi néng shuō fú mǎ lì。

    Tom failed to persuade Mary.

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Related words

说

shuō

to speak

服

fú

clothes

说话

shuō huà

to speak

衣服

yī fu

clothes

舒服

shū fu

comfortable

说明

shuō míng

to explain

小说

xiǎo shuō

novel

传说

chuán shuō

legend

服从

fú cóng

to obey (an order)

服装

fú zhuāng

dress

胡说

hú shuō

to talk nonsense

据说

jù shuō

it is said that

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