HSK 5 · Verbs

劝 quàn “to advise” in Chinese

Traditional 勸

What 劝 means

  1. to advise
  2. to urge
  3. to try to persuade
  4. to exhort
  5. to console
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to soothe

How to say 劝

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale劝quàn4th tone, falling

劝 in a sentence

  1. 医生劝我戒烟。

    Yīshēng quàn wǒ jièyān.

    The doctor advised me to give up smoking.

    Sentence #340079 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我劝你告诉他实话。

    Wǒ quàn nǐ gàosu tā shíhuà.

    I urge you to tell him the truth.

    Sentence #1178213 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我努力劝他远离那个计划，但是他不听。

    Wǒ nǔlì quàn tā yuǎnlí nà ge jìhuà, dànshì tā bù tīng.

    I tried hard to talk him out of that plan, but he wouldn’t listen.

    Sentence #1749212 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 劝 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 劝 (quàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
劝quànto advise
  • 又again · yòu
  • 力strength · lì

How to write 劝

劝 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

劝 (quàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 劝 (quàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 劝

More words: Thinking & Talking

评价píngjià · to evaluate启发qǐfā · to inspire强调qiángdiào · to emphasise (a statement)请求qǐngqiú · to request确定quèdìng · to confirm确认quèrèn · to confirm善于shànyú · to be good at实话shíhuà · truth

FAQs

劝 (quàn) means “to advise” or “to urge”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it quàn: quàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 劝 is written 勸. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type quan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 劝 from the suggestions. Typing quan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
劝 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.