quàn = qu + an4
to advise / to urge / to try to persuade / to exhort / to console / to soothe
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How to pronounce 劝

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= qu initial

Qu is for Cupid.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ an4 final

In the anthill’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago

劝 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= li + Ø4
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously
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yòu = y + ou4
(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway
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Characters with 劝 as component

劝 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 劝

to persuade / persuasion / to advise
to advise / to urge / to exhort / exhortation / advice / CL:席[xi2]
to advise against / to dissuade

Sentences with 劝

劝 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

quàn

to advise / to urge / to try to persuade / to exhort / to console / to soothe

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