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Pinyin
bài、 bái
Definition
to pay respect / worship / visit / salute
拜 [bài]
1. A gesture to show respect.
拜手(古代男子跪拜礼的一种)。拜忏。礼拜。回拜。
2. Respectfully.
拜托。拜谢。拜读。拜别。拜谒(拜见;瞻仰陵墓、碑碣)。
3. To pay respects or congratulations.
拜年。拜寿。
4. To bestow a title or position with certain formalities, or to establish a particular relationship.
拜将(jiàng)。拜相(xiàng)。拜师。拜把子。
5. A surname.
拜 [bài] (verb)
- Original meaning: An ancient gesture to show respect where both hands are together in front of the chest, and the head bows down.
- The character is a pictogram representing two hands and the concept of going down.
1. Same as original meaning ([En.] do obeisance).
2. In later times refers to kneeling and bowing the head.
3. To express thanks through the act of bowing ([En.] express one's thanks).
4. To visit ([En.] visit).
5. To offer an official position; to appoint ([En.] offer official post).
6. To accept an official position; to assume office ([En.] receive official post).
7. To establish a relationship through specific rituals ([En.] acknowledge sb. as one’s master, godfather, etc.).
8. To offer greetings ([En.] offer greetings).
9. To present or submit ([En.] present; submit).
拜 [bài] (adverb)
- Used before verbs to indicate respect. Example: 拜读大作; 拜启; 拜辞.
[bai bai] (farewell)
- Goodbye, signifying the end of a relationship.
to bow in salute / to kowtow
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congratulate an elderly person on his birthday / offer birthday felicitations
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to request sb to do sth / please!
to pay a visit / to call on
to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior
week / religious service / worship / CL:個|个[ge4]
to prostrate oneself / to fall on one's knees / to grovel
to kowtow / to kneel and worship
to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
to formally become an apprentice to a master
to formally call on / to worship (a God) / to pay homage to sb
pay an official call / call on / visit in an official capacity
to worship / to make customary deferences to / a pilgrimage
ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / same as 拜天地
to become sworn brothers or sisters / sworn (brothers)
to bow again / to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times) / (in letters, an expression of respect)
George Byron (1788-1824), English poet
to worship / to gaze with reverence
to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors)