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征服

征服

Chinese

		attack; levy (troops or taxes); journey attack; levy (troops or taxes); journey; trip; expedition	clothes; dress; garment clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)
simp. and trad. (征服)		征	服

Verb

征服

to conquer, overpower or subjugate using military force
to captivate; to enthrall

See also

克服 (kèfú)

Derived terms

征服者 (zhēngfúzhě)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
征	服
せい Grade: S	ふく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

征服 ‎(hiragana せいふく, romaji seifuku)

subjugation, conquest

Verb

征服する ‎(hiragana せいふくする, romaji seifuku suru)

conquer

Conjugation

Conjugation of "征服する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	征服し	せいふくし	seifuku shi
Continuative (連用形)	征服し	せいふくし	seifuku shi
Terminal (終止形)	征服する	せいふくする	seifuku suru
Attributive (連体形)	征服する	せいふくする	seifuku suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	征服すれ	せいふくすれ	seifuku sure
Imperative (命令形)	征服せよ¹ 征服しろ²	せいふくせよ¹ せいふくしろ²	seifuku seyo¹ seifuku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	征服される	せいふくされる	seifuku sareru
Causative	征服させる征服さす	せいふくさせるせいふくさす	seifuku saseru seifuku sasu
Potential	征服できる	せいふくできる	seifuku dekiru
Volitional	征服しよう	せいふくしよう	seifuku shiyō
Negative	征服しない	せいふくしない	seifuku shinai
Negative continuative	征服せず	せいふくせず	seifuku sezu
Formal	征服します	せいふくします	seifuku shimasu
Perfective	征服した	せいふくした	seifuku shita
Conjunctive	征服して	せいふくして	seifuku shite
Hypothetical conditional	征服すれば	せいふくすれば	seifuku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhēngfú

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ fuk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-fu̍k
Min Nan (POJ): cheng-ho̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhēngfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥㄈㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengfwu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ fuk⁶
  - Yale: jīng fuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ fuk⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ fʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-fu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziin´ fug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ fug⁶
  - IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ fuk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-ho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-ho̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zenghok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ hɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴/