降服

xiángfú

verb #40,073

Meanings

1 to surrender
2 to yield
3 to submit (to a superior force)

Characters

to submit; obey

Examples

经过三天苦战，敌军终于降服。

Jīngguò sān tiān, díjūn zhōngyú xiángfú.

After three days of bitter fighting, the enemy finally surrendered.

他不肯向任何压力降服。

Tā bùkěn rènhé yālì xiángfú.

He refused to yield to any kind of pressure.

Tips

usage

The 降 here is read xiáng (second tone) — the 'surrender' reading — not the common jiàng ('to descend, fall, lower'). The subject is the one giving in. Contrast with 降伏 (same pinyin) where the subject is the one DOING the subduing.

Stroke Order

降 jiàng

服 fú