叩拜

Chinese

		knock	to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute
simp. and trad. (叩拜)		叩	拜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kòubài

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ ㄅㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ baai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khàu-pài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kòubài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ ㄅㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kòubài
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou⁴-pai⁴
    • Yale: kòu-bài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kowbay
    • Palladius: коубай (koubaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ paɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau³ baai³
    • Yale: kau baai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ baai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo³ bai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³ paːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàu-pài
    • Tâi-lô: khàu-pài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qao'paix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ pai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau²¹⁻⁵³ pai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ pai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ pai²¹/

Verb

叩拜

1. to kowtow; to kneel and bow low enough to touch one's forehead to the ground

Synonyms

• 磕頭／磕头 (kētóu)
• 叩頭／叩头 (kòutóu)