不服 meaning in English

bùfú

not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed

HSK 7-9verb12 strokes

Meaning of 不服

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bùfú
  1. not to accept sth
  2. to want to have sth overruled or changed
  3. to refuse to obey or comply
  4. to refuse to accept as final
  5. to remain unconvinced by
  6. not to give in to

不服 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā不bù服fú老lǎo。
He refuses to accept his old age.
如rú果guǒ汤tāng姆mǔ不bù服fú用yòng处chǔ方fāng药yào,他tā的de健jiàn康kāng状zhuàng况kuàng可kě能néng会huì恶è化huà。
If Tom doesn't take the prescribed medicine, his state of health might deteriorate.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

不 bù · no · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

服 fú · clothes · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 不服.

对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
衣服yīfuclothes
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
不对bùduìincorrect; wrong
不客气bù kèqìyou're welcome; don't mention it
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
不过bùguòonly; merely
不错bùcuòcorrect; right
不行bùxíngwon't do; be out of the question
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct

Questions about 不服

What does 不服 mean?

不服 (bùfú) means "not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 不服?

不服 is made of 2 characters: 不 (4 strokes), 服 (8 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 不服 an HSK word?

Yes. 不服 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.