叩
Meaning
kòu kou4
- to knock
- to kowtow
Example sentences
Words with 叩
- 叩头 kòutóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
- 叩门 kòumén to knock on a door
- 叩球 kòuqiú spike (volleyball)
- 叩关 kòuguān to knock at the gate (old)
- 叩见 kòujiàn to kowtow in salute
- 叩应 kòuyìng call-in (loanword)
- 叩首 kòushǒu to kowtow
- 叩问 kòuwèn (literary) to inquire
- 叩拜 kòubài to bow in salute; to kowtow
- 跪叩 guìkòu to kowtow
- 叩谒 kòuyè to visit (esp. one's superiors)
- 三跪九叩 sānguìjiǔkòu to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)