屈服

Chinese

bent; feel wronged
 
clothes; dress; garment
clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)
simp. and trad.
(屈服)
屈 服
alternative forms 屈伏

Pronunciation


Verb

屈服

  1. to surrender; to yield; to concede
  2. (engineering, materials science, of a material specimen) to yield

Synonyms

  • (to surrender):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “to surrender”):

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (屈服):
  • → Korean: 굴복(屈服) (gulbok)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
屈 服
くつ > くっ
Grade: S
ふく > ぷく
Grade: 3
kan’on
Alternative spelling
屈伏

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 屈服 (MC kjut|khjut bjuwk, literally “bend; crouch + submit; obey”). Compare modern Hakka reading khiut-fu̍k.

The modern reading kuppuku is a shift from earlier kutsubuku.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くっぷく [kùppúkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝp̚pɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

屈(くっ)服(ぷく) • (kuppuku) 

  1. surrender, submission, or subjection (as to a ruler or other authority)
  2. prostration, kowtowing

Verb

屈(くっ)服(ぷく)する • (kuppuku suru) suru (stem 屈(くっ)服(ぷく)し (kuppuku shi), past 屈(くっ)服(ぷく)した (kuppuku shita))

  1. to surrender, submit, or subject oneself (as to a ruler or other authority)
  2. to prostrate oneself

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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