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说服

shuō fú

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 說服

说服 (shuō fú) means "to persuade". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 说服 means

1. to persuade
2. to convince
3. to talk sb over
4. Taiwan pr. shuì fú

The characters in 说服

• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off
• 服fúclothes; dress; garment

Words starting with 说服

• 说服力shuō fú lìpersuasiveness

Where 说服 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Persuasion, Advice & Shortage (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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