鞠guk1躬gung1

English

1. to bow
2. to bow
3. (literary) to bend down

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 上半身向前彎低而雙腳保持直立，表示敬意或者歉意

Examples

• 向先人鞠躬

  to bow to one's forefathers

• 佢同佢哋講：聽我發嘅夢：我哋喺田野綁緊啲麥捆，我見到我啲麥捆升起晒，企直啲，而你啲麥捆就圍實晒住我，向佢鞠躬。

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• 鞠躬！

  Bow down!

  Tatoeba · jiangche CC BY

• 他向女王鞠躬。

  He bowed to the Queen.

  Tatoeba · sirpoot CC BY

• 没有人向他恭敬地鞠躬。

  No one respectfully bowed towards him.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 在日本，遇到人鞠躬是有礼貌的表现。

  In Japan, it is polite to bow when one meets someone.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY