跪
Meaning
guì gui4
- to kneel
Example sentences
- They knelt down and prayed that the war would end soon.
Words with 跪
- 长跪 chángguì to kneel as in prayer (without sitting back on the heels)
- 下跪 xiàguì to kneel
- 跪下 guìxia to kneel down
- 跪倒 guìdǎo to kneel down
- 跪乳 guìrǔ (literary) (of a lamb) to kneel to suckle at the breast (used as a metaphor for filial piety)
- 跪坐 guìzuò to sit kneeling with legs folded underneath the thighs and buttocks resting on the heels
- 滑跪 huáguì (of a soccer player) to knee slide after scoring a goal
- 跪伏 guìfú to crouch (of animal)
- 跪拜 guìbài to kowtow
- 罚跪 fáguì to punish by protracted kneeling
- 跪祷 guìdǎo to kneel in prayer
- 跪毯 guìtǎn a prayer mat