服从 meaning and pronunciation

服从
Simplified word
服從
Traditional word

服从 English definition

fú cóng

  • to obey (an order)
  • to comply
  • to defer

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  • (fú): clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes;
  • (cóng): from; via; passing through; through (a gap); past; ever (followed by negative, meaning never); (formerly pr. [zong4] and related to 縱|纵) to follow; to comply with; to obey; to join; to engage in; adopting some mode of action or attitude; follower; retainer; accessory; accomplice; related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor;