拜 bài

1. bài verb to bow; to pay respect to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 叩拜 (CCD '拜' 1; FE '拜' 1; Guoyu '拜' v 1; Kroll 2015 '拜' 1, p. 8; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 2896; XHZD '拜' 1, p. 17)
2. bài verb to send greetings; to congratulate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 拜寿 'birthday congratulations' (CCD '拜' 2; Guoyu '拜' v 3; XHZD '拜' 2, p. 17)
3. bài verb to visit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 访问 (CCD '拜' 3; FE '拜' 3; Guoyu '拜' v 2; Kroll 2015 '拜' 2, p. 8)
4. bài verb to appoint; to confer a title
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 任官 (CCD '拜' 4; FE '拜' 2; ; Guoyu '拜' v 4; Kroll 2015 '拜' 3, p. 8; XHZD '拜' 3, p. 17)
5. bài verb to enter into a relationship
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '拜' 5)
6. bài verb a polite form; please
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '拜' 6)
7. bài proper noun Bai
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (CCD '拜' 6; FE '拜' 4; Guoyu '拜' n 1)
8. bài verb to perform a ritual
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '拜' 1a, p. 8)
9. bài verb to bend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '拜' 4, p. 8)
10. bài noun byte
    Domain: Computer Science 计算机科学
    Notes: (Guoyu '拜' n 2)

Contained in

• 拜倒 to prostrate oneself; to fall on one's knees; to grovel
• 礼拜四(禮拜四) Thursday
• 叩拜 to bow in salute; to kowtow
• 拜扫(拜掃) to make an offering and sweep the tomb
• 拜候 to pay a visit; to make a call
• 拜寿(拜壽) congratulate an elderly person on his birthday; offer birthday felicitations
• 八拜之交 sworn brotherhood; intimate friendship
• 拜手 to bow with one's hands on the ground and head touching the back of the hands
• 崇拜仪式(崇拜儀式) worship service
• 阿塞拜疆人 Azerbaijan (person)
• 膜拜 to make a long continued prostration
• 礼拜一(禮拜一) Monday
• 答拜 to return a visit
• 拜你所赐(拜你所賜) this is all thanks to you!; well, thanks a lot!
• 礼拜三(禮拜三) Wednesday
• 拜认(拜認) to formally accept somebody as (one's adoptive mother, one's master etc)
• 回拜 to pay a return visit
• 再拜 to bow repeatedly ; to bow a second time
• 拜拜 to join palms and bow
• 祖先崇拜 ancestor veneration
• 礼拜日(禮拜日) Sunday
• 摩拜单车(摩拜單車) Mobike, operator of an app-driven bicycle-rental business in China, established in 2015
• 祭拜 to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors)
• 参拜(參拜) to worship; to pay homage
• 朝拜者 a pilgrim
• 拜祖 to worship ancestors
• 火焰崇拜 fire worship
• 拜年 to pay a New Year call; to wish somebody a Happy New Year
• 拜金女 materialistic woman; gold-digger
• 崇拜 to worship; to adore; to admire
• 礼拜(禮拜) week ; a religious service ; to worship ; prefix for days of the week ; Sunday
• 拜神 to worship the gods
• 结拜(結拜) to be sworn in a brotherhood
• 拜堂 ritual kneeling to heaven and earth
• 拜佛 to bow to the Buddha; to pay respect to the Buddha
• 拜把子 become sworn brothers
• 拜金主义(拜金主義) money worship
• 拜讬(拜託) please; to request somebody to do something
• 拜天地 to worship heaven and earth; ritual kneeling
• 拜跪 to kneel and pray
• 礼拜五(禮拜五) Friday
• 礼拜六(禮拜六) Saturday
• 朝拜圣山(朝拜聖山) a pilgrimage to a holy mountain

Also contained in

拜占廷 、 福楼拜 、 拜伦 、 拜占庭 、 拜泉 、 迪拜 、 乌拜迪 、 亚塞拜然

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷六十七　志第十八: 　禮樂一 Volume 67 Treatises 20: Rites and Music 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 123
• 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 103
• 卷五十三　志第二十二: 禮志六 Volume 53 Treatises 23: Rites 6 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 89
• 卷五十三 志第二十九 禮七 Volume 53 Treatises 29: Rites 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 87
• 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 87
• 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 86
• 大射 第七 7. The great archery meet (state level) The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 82
• 卷五十五 志第三十一 禮九 Volume 55 Treatises 31: Rites 9 History of Ming 明史 — count: 80
• 卷五十四 志第三十 禮八 Volume 54 Treatises 30: Rites 8 History of Ming 明史 — count: 76
• 卷五十一　志第二十: 禮志三 禮志四 Volume 51 Treatises 21: Rites 3 and 4 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 74

Collocations

• 拜稽首 (拜稽首) 虎拜稽首 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧江漢 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Jiang Han — count: 12
• 拜稽颡 (拜稽顙) 拜稽顙 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II — count: 10
• 子拜 (子拜) 季武子拜曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 9
• 拜君 (拜君) 三年將拜君賜 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 7
• 敢拜 (敢拜) 敢拜君命之辱 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 6
• 主人拜 (主人拜) 若主人拜 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 6
• 拜命 (拜命) 拜命之辱 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
• 拜赐 (拜賜) 重耳拜賜 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 拜曰 (拜曰) 禹拜曰 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji — count: 5
• 禹拜 (禹拜) 禹拜稽首 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 5