劝说
quànshuō
to persuade
Characters in this word
说 shuō
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 兑 to exchange
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她花了整整一个下午劝说老人接受社区提供的上门护理。 Tā huā le zhěngzhěng yí ge xiàwǔ quànshuō lǎorén jiēshòu shèqū tígōng de shàngmén hùlǐ. She spent the whole afternoon persuading the elderly man to accept home care provided by the community.
- 经过朋友多次劝说，他终于同意去医院检查。 Jīngguò péngyou duō cì quànshuō, tā zhōngyú tóngyì qù yīyuàn jiǎnchá. After his friends persuaded him again and again, he finally agreed to go to the hospital for a check-up.
- 妈妈劝说弟弟把玩具让给妹妹玩。 Māma quànshuō dìdi bǎ wánjù ràng gěi mèimei wán. Mom persuaded her younger son to let his little sister play with the toy.
Related words
- 劝 quàn to advise; to persuade
- 劝告 quàngào to advise; advice
- 劝阻 quànzǔ to dissuade; to advise against
- 说 shuō to say, to speak
- 说话 shuōhuà to talk, to speak
- 比如说 bǐrúshuō for example
- 说明 shuōmíng to explain; to show
- 听说 tīngshuō to hear that
- 小说 xiǎoshuō novel
- 传说 chuánshuō legend
- 据说 jùshuō it is said that
- 说不定 shuōbudìng maybe