劝告

勸告

quàngào

verb HSK 7-9 #16,615

Meanings

1 to advise
2 to counsel
3 advice

Characters

to advise; to persuade

to tell; to inform

Literally 'persuade and tell' — to advise someone

Examples

医生劝告他戒烟。

Yīshēng quàngào tā jièyān.

The doctor advised him to quit smoking.

他不听朋友的劝告。

Tā bù tīng péngyou de quàngào.

He doesn't listen to his friends' advice.

Tips

usage

劝告 can be both a verb (to advise) and a noun (advice). As a verb it's more formal than 劝 (quàn) alone. Compare with 建议 (jiànyì, to suggest) which is neutral, while 劝告 implies the speaker is concerned about the listener.

Stroke Order

劝 quàn

告 gào