Chinese Word: 服 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

服HSK 1

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 月

Ideographic: A person 卩 putting on 又 a coat 月

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 月 [ yuè ] moon; month
- ⿸ Surround from upper left
  - 卩 [ jié ] seal; kneeling person
  - 又 [ yòu ] and, also, again, in addition

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Pinyin: fú

English Definition: clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes
Chinese Definition:
①衣裳：服装。制服。
②穿衣裳：服丧。服用(ａ．指穿衣服、用器物；b．吃药)。
③作，担任：服务。服刑。服兵役。
④顺从：信服。佩服。降(xiáng)服。服辩(旧指认罪书)。服膺(牢记在胸中，衷心信服)。
⑤习惯，适应：不服水土。
⑥吃(药)：内服。
⑦乘，用：服牛乘(chèng)马。
⑧姓氏。
Example Words:
服务 [ fú wù ]: to serve; service; Classifiers: 项
服装 [ fú zhuāng ]: dress; clothing; costume; clothes; Classifiers: 身
服从 [ fú cóng ]: to obey (an order); to comply; to defer
服务业 [ fú wù yè ]: service industry
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Pinyin: fù

English Definition: classifier for medicine: dose; Taiwan pr. [fu2]

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