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Chinese
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statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
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clothes; dress; garment clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)
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simp. and trad. (臣服)
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臣
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服
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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臣
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服
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Reading #
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1/1
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3/4
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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chén
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fú
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dzyin ›
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‹ bjuwk ›
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Old Chinese
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/*i/
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/*ək/
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English
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slave, subject
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subdue, submit
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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.
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Verb
臣服
- (literary, historical) to acknowledge allegiance to; to serve (the emperor)
- (literary, historical) to submit to (the rule of)
- (by extension) to submit to; to acknowledge defeat or inferiority
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to submit”):
Japanese
Pronunciation
Verb
臣服する • (shinpuku suru) suru (stem 臣服し (shinpuku shi), past 臣服した (shinpuku shita))
- to acknowledge allegiance to; to serve (the king)
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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臣服し
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しんぷくし
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shinpuku shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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臣服し
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しんぷくし
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shinpuku shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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臣服する
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しんぷくする
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shinpuku suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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臣服する
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しんぷくする
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shinpuku suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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臣服すれ
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しんぷくすれ
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shinpuku sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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臣服せよ¹ 臣服しろ²
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しんぷくせよ¹ しんぷくしろ²
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shinpuku seyo¹ shinpuku shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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臣服される
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しんぷくされる
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shinpuku sareru
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Causative
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臣服させる 臣服さす
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しんぷくさせる しんぷくさす
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shinpuku saseru shinpuku sasu
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Potential
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臣服できる
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しんぷくできる
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shinpuku dekiru
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Volitional
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臣服しよう
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しんぷくしよう
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shinpuku shiyō
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Negative
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臣服しない
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しんぷくしない
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shinpuku shinai
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Negative continuative
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臣服せず
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しんぷくせず
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shinpuku sezu
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Formal
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臣服します
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しんぷくします
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shinpuku shimasu
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Perfective
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臣服した
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しんぷくした
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shinpuku shita
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Conjunctive
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臣服して
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しんぷくして
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shinpuku shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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臣服すれば
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しんぷくすれば
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shinpuku sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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