說服

shuì fú

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Verb

說服 (shuì fú) is a Chinese word meaning “to persuade”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to persuade
  2. to convince
  3. to talk sb over

Stroke order

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Example

我終於說服他改變主意。

I finally persuaded him to change his mind.

Related words at this level

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).