驯服

馴服

xùnfú

verb #13,438

Meanings

1 to tame; to domesticate
2 tame; docile

Characters

to tame; docile

to submit; to obey

Examples

他花了很长时间才驯服了那匹野马。

Tā huā le hěn cháng shíjiān cái xùnfú le nà pǐ yěmǎ.

It took him a long time to tame that wild horse.

这只猫很驯服，从不抓人。

Zhè zhī māo hěn xùnfú, cóngbù zhuārén.

This cat is very tame and never scratches people.

Tips

mistakes

Don't confuse 驯服 (xùnfú, to tame) with 训服 — the correct character is 驯 (with the horse radical 马), not 训.

Stroke Order

驯 xùn

服 fú