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佩服

pèi fú

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

佩服 (pèi fú) means "to admire (someone's character/ability)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 佩服 means

1. to admire

The characters in 佩服

• 佩pèito respect; to wear (belt etc)
• 服fúclothes; dress; garment

Example sentences

• 我就是佩服你。
  It's just that I admire you.
• 我佩服你的勇气。
  Wǒ pèifú nǐ de yǒngqì.
  I admire your courage.
• 我佩服他的勇气。
  I admire him for his courage.
• 我很佩服他的勇气。
  Wǒ hěn pèifú tā de yǒngqì.
  I admire his courage.
• 每个人都佩服他的勇气。
  Měigerén dōu pèifú tā de yǒngqì.
  Everybody admired his courage.
• 学生们佩服她的领导能力。
  Students admire her leadership skills.

Where 佩服 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Compensation, Evaluation & Admiration (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read pèi fú correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.