劝 quàn

recommend, advise, urge

HSK 5 #1562

DEFINITIONS

  • recommend, advise, urge
  • to advise
  • to urge
  • to try to persuade
  • to exhort
  • to console
  • to soothe

STROKES

WORDS

劝说 quàn shuō to persuade; persuasion; to advise
劝告 quàn gào to advise; to urge; to exhort; exhortation; advice; CL:席[xi2]
劝阻 quàn zǔ to advise against; to dissuade
奉劝 fèng quàn may I offer a bit of advice
劝导 quàn dǎo to advise; to attempt to convince
劝架 quàn jià to mediate in a quarrel; to intervene in a dispute and try to calm things down
相劝 xiāng quàn to persuade; to exhort; to advise
规劝 guī quàn to advise
劝解 quàn jiě conciliation; mediation; to mollify; to propitiate; to reconcile
劝诫 quàn jiè to exhort; to admonish
劝诱 quàn yòu to prevail upon; to coax
劝退 quàn tuì to try to persuade sb to give up (their job, plans etc)
劝勉 quàn miǎn to advise; to encourage
劝动 quàn dòng to incite
劝化 quàn huà to exhort (sb) to live a virtuous life (Buddhism); to beg for alms
劝和 quàn hé to mediate; to urge peace
劝善惩恶 quàn shàn chéng è to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice; you get what's coming to you
劝学 quàn xué On learning, classic book by Confucian philosopher Xun Zi 荀子 (c. 310-237 BC)
劝慰 quàn wèi to console
劝戒 quàn jiè variant of 勸誡|劝诫[quan4 jie4]
劝教 quàn jiào to advise and teach; to persuade and instruct
劝服 quàn fú prevail; convince
劝课 quàn kè to encourage and supervise (esp. state officials promoting agriculture)
劝谏 quàn jiàn to admonish
劝农 quàn nóng to promote agriculture
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