劝

quàn · quan

Traditional 勸

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to advise
  2. to urge
  3. to try to persuade
  4. to exhort
  5. to console
  6. to soothe

In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)劝(quàn)我(wǒ)别(bié)相(xiāng)信(xìn)她(tā)的(de)话(huà)。

He advised me not to believe what she says.

Tatoeba: Chinese by zhouj1955 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)之(zhī)前(qián)试(shì)着(zhe)劝(quàn)过(guo)汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)去(qù)做(zuò)那(nà)件(jiàn)事(shì),对(duì)吧(ba)?

You tried to persuade Tom to do that, didn't you?

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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