臣服

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Chinese

statesman; vassal; courtier
statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
 
clothes; dress; garment
clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)
 
simp. and trad.
(臣服)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (25) (3)
Final () (43) (4)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyin bjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiɪn/ /bɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑin/ /biuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑjen/ /biuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑin/ /buwk̚/
Li
Rong
/ʑiĕn/ /biuk̚/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭĕn/ /bĭuk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ĕn/ /bʱi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
san4 fuk6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 3/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chén
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyin › ‹ bjuwk ›
Old
Chinese
/*i/ /*ək/
English slave, subject subdue, submit

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1342 3366
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡiŋ/ /*bɯɡ/
Notes

使

Verb

臣服

  1. (literary, historical) to acknowledge allegiance to; to serve (the emperor)
  2. (literary, historical) to submit to (the rule of)
  3. (by extension) to submit to; to acknowledge defeat or inferiority

Synonyms

  • (to submit):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of to submit):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 4
ふく > ぷく
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

(しん)(ぷく)する (shinpuku surusuru (stem (しん)(ぷく) (shinpuku shi), past (しん)(ぷく)した (shinpuku shita))

  1. to acknowledge allegiance to; to serve (the king)

Conjugation