HSK 6 · Verbs

服从 fúcóng “to obey” in Chinese

Traditional 服從

What 服从 means

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

How to say 服从

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale服fú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale从cóng2nd tone, rising

服从 in a sentence

  1. 他们服从了命令。

    Tāmen fúcóng le mìnglìng.

    They obeyed the orders.

    Sentence #9316497 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们并不总是服从父母。

    Tāmen bìng bù zǒngshì fúcóng fùmǔ.

    They don’t always obey their parents.

    Sentence #1361977 from Tatoeba

  3. 我应该服从。

    Wǒ yīnggāi fúcóng.

    I should obey.

    Sentence #5500531 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 服从 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 服 (fú) with each of its parts in a different colour
服fúclothes
  • 月moon · yuè
  • 卩seal · jié
  • 又again · yòu
The character 从 (cóng) with each of its parts in a different colour
从cóngfrom; through; via
  • 人person · rén
  • 人person · rén

Memory aidOne person 人 following another 人: to follow, from.

How to write 服从

服 8 strokes · 从 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

服从 (fúcóng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 服从 (fúcóng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 服从

Words with 服

衣服yīfu · clothes服务员fúwùyuán · waiter舒服shūfu · comfortable服务fúwù · to serve服装fúzhuāng · dress说服shuōfú · to persuade克服kèfú · to overcome (difficulties)佩服pèifú · to admire制服zhìfú · uniform屈服qūfú · to yield

Words with 从

从cóng · from从小cóngxiǎo · from childhood从来cónglái · always从此cóngcǐ · from now on从前cóngqián · previously从事cóngshì · to engage in从而cóng'ér · thus自从zìcóng · since (a time)从容cóngróng · calm

More words: Common Verbs

封闭fēngbì · to seal off奉献fèngxiàn · to dedicate分散fēnsàn · to scatter粉碎fěnsuì · to smash覆盖fùgài · to cover抚摸fǔmō · to stroke俯视fǔshì · to look down on (from above)敷衍fūyǎn · to do something perfunctorily

FAQs

服从 (fúcóng) means “to obey” or “to comply with”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fúcóng: fú with a 2nd tone, then cóng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 服从 is written 服從. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fucong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 服从 from the suggestions. Typing fucong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
服从 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.