"to kneel" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
guì to kneel syn
下跪 xià guì to kneel / to go down on one's knees syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
膝盖 膝蓋 xī gài knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration) syn
跪下 guì xia to kneel down syn
跪倒 guì dǎo to kneel down / to sink to one's knees / to grovel syn
跪拜 guì bài to kowtow / to kneel and worship syn
下拜 xià bài to bow down low / to make obeisance / to kneel and bow
长跪 長跪 cháng guì to kneel as in prayer (without sitting back on the heels) syn
kneel
三跪九叩 sān guì jiǔ kòu to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
交拜 jiāo bài to bow to one another / to kneel and kowtow to one another / formal kowtow as part of traditional wedding ceremony
男人膝下有黄金 男人膝下有黃金 nán rén xī xià yǒu huáng jīn lit. the man has gold under his knees / fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing to pride or moral integrity)
跪地求饶 跪地求饒 guì dì qiú ráo to kneel and beg forgiveness
跪祷 跪禱 guì dǎo to kneel in prayer
顶拜 頂拜 dǐng bài to prostrate oneself / to kneel and bow the head (in submission, supplication, worship etc)
膜拜 mó bài to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level / to worship syn
跪乳 guì rǔ (literary) (of a lamb) to kneel to suckle at the breast (used as a metaphor for filial piety)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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