拜
to bow to; to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
Example Sentences
周末我想去拜访一位老师。
zhōu mò wǒ xiǎng qù bài fǎng yī wèi lǎo shī.
I want to visit a teacher this weekend.
下个礼拜我们一起去爬山。
xià gè lǐ bài wǒ men yì qǐ qù pá shān.
Next week let's go hiking together.
很多青少年都非常崇拜科学家。
hěn duō qīng shào nián dōu fēi cháng chóng bài kē xué jiā.
Many teenagers greatly admire scientists.
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Related Words & Compounds
to ask someone to do something
visit
to see
to pay an official call; to visit in an official capacity
to pay a New Year's call
to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity
(loanword) bye-bye / also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc / (coll.) to part ways (with sb) / (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth)
to prostrate oneself / to fall on one's knees / to grovel
(polite) to read (sth)
to worship Buddha
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