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说服

shuō fúㄕㄨㄛ ㄈㄨˊ

Sino-Vietnamese: THUYẾT PHỤC

Traditional: 說服

HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 4

Meaning(verb, verbal noun)

to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shuì fú]

Taiwan: shuìfú. 说服力 = persuasiveness.

Examples

  • 我说服了妈妈让我去旅行。

    wǒ shuō fú le mā ma ràng wǒ qù lǚ xíng.

    I persuaded Mum to let me go travelling.

  • 你的理由说服不了我。

    nǐ de lǐ yóu shuō fú bù liǎo wǒ.

    Your reasons don't convince me.

  • 他很会说服客户。

    tā hěn huì shuō fú kè hù.

    He's good at persuading clients.

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Stroke order

THUYẾT · 9 strokes

to persuade

PHỤC · 8 strokes

clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clo