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说服

shuōfú

Traditional: 說服

to persuade

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Meaning of 说服 in English

shuōfúHSK 5verbSyllabus #3076
  1. to persuade
  2. to convince
  3. to talk sb over
  4. Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]

Example sentences

  1. 我试着说服汤姆回家。
    wǒ shì zhe shuō fú tāng mǔ huí jiā。
    I tried to convince Tom to come home.
    Tatoeba #5091609 by mirrorvan · #4135265 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 她试图说服他来参加会议。
    tā shì tú shuō fú tā lái cān jiā huì yì。
    She tried to persuade him to attend the meeting.
    Tatoeba #9972418 by GlossaMatik · #887473 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 汤姆没能说服玛丽。
    tāng mǔ méi néng shuō fú mǎ lì。
    Tom failed to persuade Mary.
    Tatoeba #8897386 by crescat · #1028952 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

说 on its own →
shuō · to speak; to talk; to say

HSK words with 说

说HSK 1说话HSK 1听说HSK 3说法HSK 4说明HSK 4小说HSK 4再说HSK 4说明书HSK 4传说HSK 5据说HSK 5
服 on its own →
fú · to serve (in the military, a prison sent

HSK words with 服

衣服HSK 1舒服HSK 2服务HSK 3服装HSK 5克服HSK 5客服HSK 5服HSK 6服从HSK 6服用HSK 6佩服HSK 6

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences