劝

The character "劝" has 4 strokes. "劝" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "劝" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "劝" are "quàn" . View the stroke order of "劝">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "劝"

v.: encourage; exhort (sb to do good); try to persuade; induce; advise; urge

• encourage : v.激励；鼓舞；鼓励；支持；激发；促进；助长
• induce : v.劝使；引诱；导致；致使；引起；引产；引起流产；归纳出；感应；感生
• advise : v.建议；推荐；通知
• urge : v.力劝；恳求；鼓励；强烈要求；激励；竭力主张；使加快；使加速

Form words with "劝"

恳劝 try earnestly to persuade

Example phrases using "劝"

• 要去劝他是没有用处的，他不会听。

  It’s no use trying to persuade him; he won’t take any advice.

• 不管旁人怎么劝，她高低要来。

  She is coming anyway despite various dissuasions.

• 他左劝右说，才得以息事宁人。

  He tried hard and finally got the two sides to patch up their quarrel and effect a reconciliation. / It took him a lot of talking to bring about a reconciliation.

• 他是为你的健康着想才劝你戒烟的。

  It was for your health that he advised you to give up smoking.

• 我劝了他半天，他却无动于衷。

  I tried for a long time to make him listen to reason, but he remained unmoved.

• 无论我们怎么劝，他长短就是不去。

  He didn’t want to go whatever we say.

• 他要是上了火，谁劝也不行。

  No one can bring him round if he flares up.

• 我想劝他去检查一下身体，他偏偏不听。

  I tried to talk him into taking a physical check, but he just/simply wouldn’t listen (to me).

• 他劝我们向专业人士求助。

  He admonished/advised us to seek professional help.

• 他劝我放弃了这项计划。

  He persuaded me out of the plan.