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勸

quàn

recommend, advise, urge

Strokes
20
Radical
力
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 劝

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 劝, the simplified form of 勸. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我们试着劝了他。

    Wǒ men shì zhe quàn le tā

    We tried to persuade him.

  • 你为什么不他的劝告?

    Nǐ wèi shén me bù tā de quàn gào

    Why wouldn't you listen to his advice?

  • 我劝告你别吃那个。

    Wǒ quàn gào nǐ bié chī nà ge

    I'd advise you not to eat it.

  • 她劝告他不要那样做。

    Tā quàn gào tā bù yào nà yàng zuò

    She advised him against doing it.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 劝

  • 劝quàn 4to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe
  • 劝说quàn shuō 4–1 to persuade; persuasion; to advise
  • 劝告quàn gào 4–4 to advise; to urge; to exhort; exhortation; advice
  • 劝阻quàn zǔ 4–3 to advise against; to dissuade