(bài) - to pay respects, to worship, to visit in Mandarin
bàiTraditional: 拜
Translation
to pay respects, to worship, to visit
Word origin
An ideographic character that originally depicted two hands held together in a gesture of obeisance, giving the meaning of bowing, paying respects and worshipping.
- Origin
- ideographic
- Root
- 拜 (bài), depicting hands joined in respectful greeting
Stroke order
拜
Examples
。
At New Year we pay our respects to our elders.
佛。
He worships the Buddha every day.
。
I would like to take you as my teacher.
庙。
They went to the temple to worship.
访。
At New Year I paid a visit to my teacher.
拜 (bài) means to pay respects, to worship, to visit. It is a verb tied to ritual greetings and showing respect.
Where this fits
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 拜.
Used in
Grammar articles
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