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服从

fú cóng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 服從

服从 (fú cóng) means "to obey (orders/rules)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 服从 means

1. to obey (an order)
2. to comply
3. to defer

The characters in 服从

• 服fúclothes; dress; garment
• 从cóngfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey

Example sentences

• 我应该服从。
  I should obey.
• 汤姆服从命令。
  Tom follows orders.
• 他们服从了命令。
  They obeyed orders.
• 他们并不总是服从父母。
  Tāmen bìngbù zǒngshì fúcóng fùmǔ.
  They don't always obey their parents.
• 孩子应该服从他们的父母。
  Háizi yīnggāi fúcóng tāmen de fùmǔ.
  Children should obey their parents.
• 他们并不总是服从他们的父母。
  Tāmen bìngbù zǒngshì fúcóng tāmen de fùmǔ.
  They don't always obey their parents.

Where 服从 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Responsibility, Response & Control (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 fú cóng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.