说 服

shuōfú

“To persuade” in Chinese is 说服 (shuōfú).

Meaning

to persuade
to convince
to talk sb over

Example

我们差不多说服Tom了。

We almost had Tom convinced.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

shuōHSK 19 strokesto persuade fúHSK 18 strokesclothes

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