佩服

Chinese

		to respect; wear (belt, etc.)	clothes; dress; garment clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)
simp. and trad. (佩服)		佩	服

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pèifú

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˋ ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pui³ fuk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phi-fu̍k
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pōe-ho̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): buê⁶ hog⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pèifú → pèifu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˋ ㄈㄨˊ → ㄆㄟˋ ˙ㄈㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pèifů
  - Wade–Giles: pʻei⁴-fu⁵
  - Yale: pèi-fu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pey.fwu
  - Palladius: пэйфу (pɛjfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯⁵¹ fu³⁵/ → /pʰeɪ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pui³ fuk⁶
  - Yale: pui fuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pui³ fuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: pui³ fug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯³³ fʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi-fu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: pi fug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pi⁴ fug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵ fuk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe-ho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: puē-ho̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poexhok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pue²²⁻²¹ hɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pue⁴¹⁻²² hɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pue²²⁻²¹ hɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pue³³⁻¹¹ hɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue³³⁻²¹ hɔk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: buê⁶ hog⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puĕ ho̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pue³⁵⁻¹¹ hok̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: bwojH bjuwk

Rime
Character	佩	服
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	蒲昧切	房六切
Baxter	bwojH	bjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buʌi^H/	/bɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/buoi^H/	/biuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/buɒi^H/	/biuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwəj^H/	/buwk̚/
Li Rong	/buᴀi^H/	/biuk̚/
Wang Li	/buɒi^H/	/bĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuɑ̆i^H/	/bʱi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bèi	fú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bui⁶	fuk⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤək-s [b]ək/

(Zhengzhang): /*bɯːs bɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	佩	服
Reading #	1/1	2/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pèi	fú
Middle Chinese	‹ bwoj^H ›	‹ bjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁək-s/	/*[b]ək/
English	to wear at girdle, pendants	garment; wear (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佩	服
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9651	3366
Phonetic component	佩	服
Rime group	之	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	佩	伏
Old Chinese	/*bɯːs/	/*bɯɡ/

Verb

佩服

to admire; to look up to
(literary) to wear (a badge or other accessories on one's chest, arms or shoulders)
(literary) to keep firmly in mind; to remember well
(literary) to abide by; to follow; to comply with

Synonyms

(to admire):

仰慕 (yǎngmù)
嚮慕 / 向慕 (xiàngmù)
思慕 (sīmù)
想望 (xiǎngwàng)
拜服 (bàifú) (polite)
敬仰 (jìngyǎng)
敬佩 (jìngpèi)
敬慕 (jìngmù)
景仰 (jǐngyǎng)
景慕 (jǐngmù) (literary)
欽仰 / 钦仰 (qīnyǎng) (literary)
欽佩 / 钦佩 (qīnpèi)
渴仰 (kěyǎng) (literary)
賓服 / 宾服 (bīnfu) (regional)

(to wear): 佩戴 (pèidài)
(to keep firmly in the mind):

牢記 / 牢记 (láojì)
記牢 / 记牢 (jìláo)
謹記 / 谨记 (jǐnjì) (honorific)
銘刻 / 铭刻 (míngkè)
銘記 / 铭记 (míngjì)

(to abide by):

守 (shǒu)
遵奉 (zūnfèng)
遵守 (zūnshǒu)
遵從 / 遵从 (zūncóng)
遵循 (zūnxún)
遵照 (zūnzhào)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佩服):

→ Korean: 패복(佩服) (paebok)

See also

羨慕／羡慕 (xiànmù)