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說服

說服

See also: 说服

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	clothes; dress; garment clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)
trad. (說服)		說	服
simp. (说服)		说	服

Verb

說服

to persuade

Derived terms

有說服力／有说服力 (yǒu shuōfúlì)

說服力／说服力 (shuōfúlì)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shuōfú, shuìfú

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛㄈㄨˊ, ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi³ fuk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sot-fu̍k
Min Nan (POJ): soat-ho̍k / soeh-ho̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuōfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛㄈㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuofwu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; common variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuìfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shueyfwu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi³ fuk⁶
  - Yale: seui fuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey³ fuk⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³³ fʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sot-fu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: sod` fug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sod⁵ fug⁶
  - IPA: /sot̚² fuk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-ho̍k / soeh-ho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: suat-ho̍k / sueh-ho̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soathok, soehhok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚⁴/, /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔk̚²⁴/, /sue(ʔ)⁵ hɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ hɔk̚¹²¹/, /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚⁴/, /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚⁴/, /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ hɔk̚⁴/