Chinese symbol for “persuasion”
劝说
quàn shuō
Traditional: 勸說
to persuade; persuasion; to advise
The closest CC-CEDICT match for persuasion is 劝说 (quàn shuō), defined as: to persuade; persuasion; to advise.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “persuasion”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 劝说.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劝告 (勸告) | quàn gào | to advise; to urge |
| 劝阻 (勸阻) | quàn zǔ | to advise against; to dissuade |
| 劝导 (勸導) | quàn dǎo | to advise; to attempt to convince |
| 奉劝 (奉勸) | fèng quàn | may I offer a bit of advice |
| 劝解 (勸解) | quàn jiě | conciliation; mediation |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “persuasion”.
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.