English
- do obeisance, bow, kowtow
- to bow to; to pay one's respects
- to greet
- to worship ancestors or gods
- (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion)
- goodbye
- to kneel, support one's body with the knees and bend forward, to express respect or submission
- to make a courtesy call
- pay respect to ancestors or the deceased, usually by sweeping (cleaning) their grave sites and providing offerings.
- (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)
粵語
- 朝拜、供奉、祭祀祖先或神明
- 跪拜，用膝頭支持身體為跪，俯身為拜。用嚟表示崇敬或屈服
- 向先人表達敬意，通常會供奉同掃墓
As a component in
Words containing 拜
- 禮拜lai5 baai3
to attend a religious service
- 崇拜sung4 baai3
to worship
- 拜託baai3 tok3
to request sb to do sth
- 拜訪baai3 fong2
to pay a visit; to call on
- 拜見baai3 gin3
to pay a formal visit
- 拜金baai3 gam1
to worship money
- 拜神baai3 san4
to pray to God
- 拜山baai3 saan1
(v.)(n.) to visit ancestral graves to pay respects by cleaning and sweeping the graves, worshipping and burning joss paper.
- 團拜tyun4 baai3
to gather as a group to exchange greetings (typically at New Year)
- 拜師baai3 si1
to formally become an apprentice to a master
- 拜讀baai3 duk6
(polite) to read (sth)
- 拜拜baai1 baai3
(loanword) bye-bye
- 拜拜baai1 baai3
(loanword) bye-bye
- 結拜git3 baai3
to become sworn brothers or sisters
- 朝拜ciu4 baai3
to worship
- 參拜caam1 baai3
to formally call on
- 拜會baai3 wui6
(often used in the context of diplomacy) to meet with; to pay a visit to; to call on
- 拜堂baai3 tong4
ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony
- 膜拜mou4 baai3
to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level
- 拜年baai3 nin4
to pay a New Year call
- 杜拜dou6 baai3
Dubai (Tw)
- 敬拜ging3 baai3
to worship
- 拜祭baai3 zai3
to worship
- 拜墊baai3 din2
a zabuton, a mat for kneeling