Chinese symbol for “persuade”
说
shuì
Traditional: 說
to persuade
The closest CC-CEDICT match for persuade is 说 (shuì), defined as: to persuade.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “persuade”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 说服 (說服) | shuō fú | to persuade; to convince |
| 劝说 (勸說) | quàn shuō | to persuade; persuasion |
| 劝服 (勸服) | quàn fú | to persuade; to convince; to win (sb) over |
| 相劝 (相勸) | xiāng quàn | to persuade; to exhort |
| 说动 (說動) | shuō dòng | to persuade |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 说.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 说明 (說明) | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
| 说话 (說話) | shuō huà | to speak; to say |
| 听说 (聽說) | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said); one hears (that) |
| 说法 (說法) | shuō fǎ | to expound Buddhist teachings |
See also: Japanese symbol for “persuade”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.