HSK 6 · Verbs

征服 zhēngfú “to conquer” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 征服 means

  1. to conquer
  2. to subdue
  3. to vanquish

How to say 征服

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale征zhēng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale服fú2nd tone, rising

征服 in a sentence

  1. 你知道是谁第一个征服珠穆朗玛峰的吗？

    Nǐ zhīdao shì shéi dìyī ge zhēngfú Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng de ma?

    Do you know who first conquered Mount Everest?

    Sentence #344803 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 魅力冲击视觉，美德征服心灵。

    Mèilì chōngjī shìjué, měidé zhēngfú xīnlíng.

    Charm catches the eye, but virtue wins the heart.

    Sentence #464955 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我来，我见，我征服。

    Wǒ lái, wǒ jiàn, wǒ zhēngfú.

    I came, I saw, I conquered.

    Sentence #1877695 from Tatoeba

How 征服 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 征 (zhēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
征zhēngjourney
  • 彳step · chìMeaning part
  • 正straight · zhēngSound part

彳 hints at the meaning (step); 正 (zhēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhēng.

The character 服 (fú) with each of its parts in a different colour
服fúclothes
  • 月moon · yuè
  • 卩seal · jié
  • 又again · yòu

How to write 征服

征 8 strokes · 服 8 strokes

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

Words related to 征服

Words with 征

征求zhēngqiú · to solicit特征tèzhēng · characteristic象征xiàngzhēng · emblem征收zhēngshōu · to levy

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服从fúcóng · to obey

More words: Common Verbs

折zhé · to break遮挡zhēdǎng · to block折磨zhémo · to torment争夺zhēngduó · to fight over挣扎zhēngzhá · to struggle折腾zhēteng · to toss and turn支撑zhīchēng · to support指定zhǐdìng · to appoint

FAQs

征服 (zhēngfú) means “to conquer” or “to subdue”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhēngfú: zhēng with a 1st tone, then fú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 征服 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhengfu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 征服 from the suggestions. Typing zhengfu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
征服 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.