Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- gōng
English
- body
- (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso)
- personally, in person
- (bound form) to bow
- (literary) oneself; personally
- to bend body forward; to bow
- by oneself
粵語
- 向前彎曲身體
- 親自；自己
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 躬
- 鞠躬guk1 gung1
to bow
- 躬履gung1 lei5
to carry out a task personally
- 躬詣gung1 ngai6
to call (at sb's home) personally
- 躬行gung1 hang4
to personally undertake or manage
- 躬身gung1 san1
to bow
- 躬親gung1 can1
to attend to personally
- 聖躬sing3 gung1
the Emperor's body
- 事必躬親si6 bit1 gung1 can1
to attend to everything personally
- 卑躬屈膝bei1 gung1 wat1 sat1
to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning
- 鞠躬盡瘁guk1 gung1 zeon6 seoi5
to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
- 反躬自問faan2 gung1 zi6 man6
introspection
- 撫躬自問fu2 gung1 zi6 man6
to ask oneself
- 鞠躬盡力guk1 gung1 zeon6 lik6
- 打躬作揖daa2 gung1 zok3 jap1
to bow respectfully with clasped hands
- 卑躬屈節bei1 gung1 wat1 zit3
to bow and scrape