服
fúfù HSK1

clothes

服 fú frequency
obey verb
to obey, be convinced by an argument, convince, or admire

他的棋艺确实高超，我真的服了。

tā de qí​yì què​shí gāo​chāo, wǒ zhēn​de fú le.

His chess skills are truly superb; I'm genuinely impressed.

serve verb
to serve in the military, a prison sentence, or other official capacity

他在监狱里服了三年的刑。

tā zài jiān​yù lǐ fú le sān nián de xíng.

He served a three-year sentence in prison.

take medicine verb
to swallow or take a dose of medicine

医生嘱咐这药每次服两片。

yī​shēng zhǔ​fu zhè yào měi cì fú liǎng piàn.

The doctor instructed that two tablets of this medicine be taken each time.

acclimatize verb
to adapt to a new climate or environment

他刚来到南方，还不服这里的水土。

tā gāng lái​dào nán​fāng, hái bù fú zhè​lǐ de shuǐ​tǔ.

He has just arrived in the South and is not yet acclimated to the local environment.

mourning verb
mourning clothes or the act of wearing them

他正在为长辈守服。

tā zhèng​zài wèi zhǎng​bèi shǒu fú.

He is observing the mourning period for an elder.

clothes noun
clothes, dress, or garment

他脱掉身上那件厚重的外服，长舒了一口气。

tā tuō​diào shēn​shang nà jiàn hòu​zhòng de wài​fú, cháng shū le yī kǒu qì.

He took off his heavy coat and breathed a long sigh of relief.

服 fù
dose measure word
classifier for medicine or a dose of liquid herbal medicine

他每天需要喝一服中药。

tā měi tiān xū​yào hē yī fù zhōng​yào.

He needs to drink one dose of traditional Chinese medicine every day.

Frequency
Character
Written text
365th most common 604.4 per million
Movie subtitles
308th most common 518.3 per million appears in 88% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
30.1 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
132.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+670D

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)