磕头
kē tóu
Pinyin

Definition

磕头
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kē tóu
  1. to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (7)

磕头
kē tóu
  1. 1 to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
死磕
sǐ kē
  1. 1 (coll.) to fight to the death
磕
kē
  1. 1 to tap
  2. 2 to knock (against sth hard)
  3. 3 to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)
磕碰
kē pèng
  1. 1 to knock against
  2. 2 to bump into
  3. 3 to have a disagreement
  4. 4 to clash
磕磕绊绊
kē ke bàn bàn
  1. 1 bumpy (of a road)
  2. 2 limping (of a person)
磕磕
kē kē
  1. 1 (onom.) knocking
磕磕巴巴
kē kē bā bā
  1. 1 stammering
  2. 2 stuttering
  3. 3 not speaking fluently

Idioms (1)

磕头如捣蒜
kè tóu rú dǎo suàn
  1. 1 lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pound the ground with one's head

Sample Sentences

我花果也都摆好了，先来给爸妈磕头吧！
wǒ huā guǒ yě dōu bǎi hǎo le ，xiān lái gěi bàmā kētóu ba ！
The fruit and flowers are in place too, now let's kowtow to mum and dad!
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别这么不给面子嘛！我给你下跪，我给你磕头，我求求你...
bié zhème bù gěi miànzi ma ！wǒ gěi nǐ xiàguì ，wǒ gěi nǐ kētóu ，wǒ qiúqiú nǐ ...
A: Please give me a little dignity! I'll kneel down in front of you, I'll kowtow to you, please...
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我是小顺子，给娘娘磕头。
wǒ shì Xiǎoshùnzi ，gěi niángniang kētóu 。
I'm Xiao Shunzi. I'm kowtowing for my lady.
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