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不服

bù fú

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

不服 (bù fú) means "not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不服 means

1. not to accept sth
2. to want to have sth overruled or changed
3. to refuse to obey or comply
4. to refuse to accept as final
5. to remain unconvinced by
6. not to give in to

The characters in 不服

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 服fúclothes; dress; garment

Example sentences

• 他不服老。
  Tā bù fúlǎo.
  He refuses to accept his old age.

Words starting with 不服

• 不服气bù fú qìunwilling to concede; defiant; indignant
• 不服水土bù fú shuǐ tǔ(of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place; not acclimatized

Words containing 不服

• 水土不服shuǐ tǔ bù fúnot acclimatized
• 吃不服chī bu fúnot be accustomed to eating sth; not be used to certain food

Sounds the same

Read bù fú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不符inconsistent; not in agreement with; not agree or tally with

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