佩服

Chinese

		to respect; wear (belt, etc.)	clothes; dress; garment clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)
simp. and trad. (佩服)		佩	服

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pèifú

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˋ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pui³ fuk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phi-fu̍k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pōe-ho̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): buê⁶ hog⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pèifú → pèifu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˋ ㄈㄨˊ → ㄆㄟˋ ˙ㄈㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pèifů
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei⁴-fu⁵
    • Yale: pèi-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pey.fwu
    • Palladius: пэйфу (pɛjfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯⁵¹ fu³⁵/ → /pʰeɪ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pui³ fuk⁶
    • Yale: pui fuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pui³ fuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pui³ fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯³³ fʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi-fu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: pi fug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pi⁴ fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵ fuk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe-ho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: puē-ho̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poexhok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pue²²⁻²¹ hɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue⁴¹⁻²² hɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pue²²⁻²¹ hɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pue³³⁻¹¹ hɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue³³⁻²¹ hɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: buê⁶ hog⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puĕ ho̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pue³⁵⁻¹¹ hok̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: bwojH bjuwk

Rime
Character	佩	服
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	蒲昧切	房六切
Baxter	bwojH	bjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buʌiH/	/bɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/buoiH/	/biuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buɒiH/	/biuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwəjH/	/buwk̚/
Li Rong	/buᴀiH/	/biuk̚/
Wang Li	/buɒiH/	/bĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuɑ̆iH/	/bʱi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bèi	fú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bui6	fuk6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤək-s  [b]ək|[b]əʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯːs  bɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	佩	服	服	服	服
Reading #	1/1	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pèi	fú	fú	fú	fù
Middle Chinese	‹ bwojH ›	‹ bjuwk ›	‹ bjuwk ›	‹ bjuwk ›	‹ bjuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁək-s/	/*[b]ək/	/*[b]ək/	/*[b]ək/	/*[b]əʔ/
English	to wear at girdle, pendants	quiver (n.)	garment; wear (v.)	subdue, submit	box of a carriage
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	佩	服
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9651	3366
Phonetic component	佩	服
Rime group	之	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	佩	伏
Old Chinese	/*bɯːs/	/*bɯɡ/

Verb

佩服

1. to admire; to look up to
2. (literary) to wear (a badge or other accessories on one's chest, arms or shoulders)
3. (literary) to keep firmly in mind; to remember well
4. (literary) to abide by; to follow; to comply with

Synonyms

• (to admire):

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• 仰慕 (yǎngmù)
• 嚮慕／向慕 (xiàngmù)
• 思慕 (sīmù)
• 想望 (xiǎngwàng)
• 拜服 (bàifú) (polite)
• 敬仰 (jìngyǎng)
• 敬佩 (jìngpèi)
• 敬慕 (jìngmù)
• 景仰 (jǐngyǎng)
• 景慕 (jǐngmù) (literary)
• 欽仰／钦仰 (qīnyǎng) (literary)
• 欽佩／钦佩 (qīnpèi)
• 賓服／宾服 (bīnfu) (regional)

 

• (to wear): 佩戴 (pèidài)
• (to keep firmly in the mind):

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• 牢記／牢记 (láojì)
• 記牢／记牢 (jìláo)
• 謹記／谨记 (jǐnjì) (honorific)
• 銘刻／铭刻 (míngkè)
• 銘記／铭记 (míngjì)

 

• (to abide by):

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• 守 (shǒu)
• 遵奉 (zūnfèng)
• 遵守 (zūnshǒu)
• 遵從／遵从 (zūncóng)
• 遵循 (zūnxún)
• 遵照 (zūnzhào)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佩服):

• → Korean: 패복(佩服) (paebok)

See also

• 羨慕／羡慕 (xiànmù)

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