折服

Chinese

		tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)	clothes; dress; garment clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)
simp. and trad. (折服)		折	服

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhéfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ fuk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiat-ho̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhéfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhéfú
    • Wade–Giles: chê²-fu²
    • Yale: jé-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jerfwu
    • Palladius: чжэфу (čžɛfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ fu³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ fuk⁶
    • Yale: jit fuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ fuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ fʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-ho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-ho̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciathok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ hɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚⁴/

Verb

折服

1. to convince; to persuade

   • 如果我們僅僅說，敵人雖強，但是小國，中國雖弱，但是大國，是不足以折服他們的。 [MSC, trad.]
     如果我们仅仅说，敌人虽强，但是小国，中国虽弱，但是大国，是不足以折服他们的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Rúguǒ wǒmen jǐnjǐn shuō, dírén suī qiáng, dàn shì xiǎoguó, Zhōngguó suī ruò, dàn shì dàguó, shì bù zúyǐ zhéfú tāmen de. [Pinyin]

     We shall not be able to convince them merely by stating that Japan, though strong; is small, while China, though weak, is large.

2. to be convinced; to be filled with admiration

Synonyms

• (to convince):

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• 勸 / 劝 (quàn)
• 勸說 / 劝说 (quànshuō)
• 說 / 说 (shuì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 說動 / 说动 (shuōdòng)
• 說服 / 说服

• (to be convinced): 服氣／服气 (fúqì), 心服 (xīnfú), 信服 (xìnfú)