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服

fú

HSK 1 Character

What 服 means

1. clothes
2. dress
3. garment
4. to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc)
5. to obey
6. to be convinced (by an argument)
7. to convince
8. to admire
9. to acclimatize
10. to take (medicine)
11. mourning clothes
12. to wear mourning clothes

Other readings

服 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• fùclassifier for medicine: dose; Taiwan pr. fú

Example sentences

• 穿衣服。
  Get dressed.
• 穿衣服！
  Get dressed!
• 我脱衣服。
  Wǒ tuōyīfú.
  I'm undressing.
• 他不服老。
  Tā bù fúlǎo.
  He refuses to accept his old age.
• 请穿衣服。
  Please get dressed.
• 他在服役。
  He is on duty.

Words starting with 服

• 服务fú wùto serve; service
• 服务员fú wù yuánwaiter; waitress; attendant
• 服装fú zhuāngdress; clothing; costume
• 服从fú cóngto obey (an order); to comply; to defer
• 服气fú qìto be convinced; to accept
• 服务器fú wù qìserver (computer)
• 服饰fú shìapparel; clothing and personal adornment
• 服用fú yòngto take (medicine)
• 服务生fú wù shēngserver (at a restaurant)
• 服务业fú wù yèservice industry
• 服药fú yàoto take medicine
• 服务费fú wù fèiservice charge; cover charge
• 服务台fú wù táiservice desk; information desk; reception desk
• 服役fú yìto serve in the army; in active service
• 服侍fú shito attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after
• 服刑fú xíngto serve a prison sentence
• 服输fú shūto concede; to admit defeat; to admit sth is wrong after insisting it is right
• 服毒fú dúto take poison
• 服兵役fú bīng yìto serve in the army
• 服服fú fuclothes (baby talk)
• 服法fú fǎto submit to the law; to obey the law; administration method (of medicine)
• 服务提供者fú wù tí gōng zhěservice provider
• 服务提供商fú wù tí gōng shāng(Internet) service provider
• 服务质量fú wù zhì liàngQuality of Service; QOS

Words containing 服

• 衣服yī fuclothes
• 舒服shū fucomfortable; feeling well
• 佩服pèi fúto admire
• 克服kè fú(try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with
• 说服shuō fúto persuade; to convince; to talk sb over
• 征服zhēng fúto conquer; to subdue; to vanquish
• 制服zhì fúto subdue; to check; to bring under control
• 屈服qū fúto surrender; to succumb; to yield
• 羽绒服yǔ róng fúdown jacket; down coat
• 西服xī fúsuit; Western-style clothes (historical usage)
• 不服bù fúnot to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply
• 礼服lǐ fúceremonial robe; formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)
• 不服气bù fú qìunwilling to concede; defiant; indignant
• 校服xiào fúschool uniform
• 售后服务shòu hòu fú wùafter-sales service
• 说服力shuō fú lìpersuasiveness
• 工作服gōng zuò fúwork clothes; workwear
• 折服zhé fúto convince; to subdue; to be convinced
• 舒舒服服shū shu fu fucomfortable; with ease
• 警服jǐng fúpolice uniform
• 和服hé fúkimono
• 信服xìn fúto have faith in; to believe in; to have confidence in
• 口服kǒu fúto take medicine orally; oral (contraceptive etc); to say that one is convinced
• 运动服yùn dòng fúsportswear

Characters that look like 服

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 版bǎna register; block of printing; edition
• 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
• 股gǔthigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share
• 肤fūskin
• 胚pēiembryo
• 抿mǐnto smooth hair with a wet brush; (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly; to sip

Sounds the same

Read fú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 福good fortune; happiness; luck
• 符mark; sign; talisman
• 佛used in 仿佛
• 幅width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
• 扶to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something
• 伏to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush)
• 浮to float; superficial; floating
• 辐spoke of a wheel
• 俘to take prisoner; prisoner of war
• 袱(bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover
• 弗(literary) not; used in transliteration
• 芙used in 芙蓉