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quàn

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quàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
quàn | quan4
English translation
to advise
to urge
to try to persuade
to exhort
to console
to soothe
to recommend, to advise; to urge, to exhort

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About quàn

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

quàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

The power  beside  yòu  the throne

Etymology of quàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

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Example sentences using quàn

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quàn le 半天 bàn tiān ,嘴皮 dōu kuài le .

I talked till my jaws ached, trying to bring him around.

听从 tīng cóng 医生 yīshēng de 劝告 quàn gào , yān jiè le .

I heeded my doctor's advice and stopped smoking.

wèi 老人 lǎo rén quàn 年轻人 nián qīng rén 戒酒 jiè jiǔ .

The old man preached temperance to young people.

解劝 jiě quàn 几句, jiào Bié 生气 shēngqì le .

Say something to mollify his anger.

人们 rén men 可以 kěyǐ 劝诱 quàn yòu 条凶 quǎn .

One can reason with a bulldog.

Words with quàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
quàn to advise quàn
劝说 quàn shuō to persuade勸說
劝告 quàn gào to advise勸告
劝阻 quàn zǔ to dissuade勸阻
奉劝 fèng quàn may I offer a bit of advice奉勸
劝导 quàn dǎo to advise勸導
规劝 guī quàn to advise規勸
劝解 quàn jiě conciliation勸解
劝架 quàn jià to mediate in a quarrel勸架
劝慰 quàn wèi to console勸慰
相劝 xiāng quàn to persuade相勸
劝退 quàn tuì to try to persuade sb to give up (their job, plans etc)勸退
劝酒 quàn jiǔ to urge sb to drink alcohol勸酒
劝谏 quàn jiàn to admonish勸諫
劝诱 quàn yòu to coax勸誘
劝学 quàn xué On learning, classic book by Confucian philosopher Xun Zi 荀子 Xún zǐ (c. 310-237 BC)勸學
劝和 quàn hé to mediate勸和
劝诫 quàn jiè to exhort勸誡
劝勉 quàn miǎn to advise勸勉
解劝 jiě quàn to soothe解勸
禄劝 Lù quàn Luquan Yizu Miaozu autonomous county in Yunnan祿勸
禄劝县 Lù quàn xiàn Luquan Yi and Miao autonomous county in Kunming 昆明 Kūn míng [Kūn​míng], Yunnan祿勸縣
哄劝 hǒng quàn to coax哄勸
劝化 quàn huà to beg for alms勸化

quàn Decomposition & Compounds

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quàn Decomposition

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