祭拜
jì bài
Pinyin

Definition

祭拜
 - 
jì bài
  1. to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

崇拜
chóng bài
  1. 1 to worship
  2. 2 adoration
拜年
bài nián
  1. 1 to pay a New Year call
  2. 2 to wish sb a Happy New Year
拜
bài
  1. 1 to pay respect
  2. 2 worship
  3. 3 visit
  4. 4 salute
拜拜
bái bái
  1. 1 (loanword) bye-bye
  2. 2 also pr. [bāi bāi] etc
  3. 3 (coll.) to part ways (with sb)
  4. 4 (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth)
拜托
bài tuō
  1. 1 to request sb to do sth
  2. 2 please!
拜访
bài fǎng
  1. 1 to pay a visit
  2. 2 to call on
祭
Zhài
  1. 1 surname Zhai
礼拜
lǐ bài
  1. 1 week
  2. 2 religious service
  3. 3 worship
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
膜拜
mó bài
  1. 1 to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level
  2. 2 to worship
下拜
xià bài
  1. 1 to bow down low
  2. 2 to make obeisance
  3. 3 to kneel and bow
主祭
zhǔ jì
  1. 1 to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral
八拜之交
bā bài zhī jiāo
  1. 1 sworn brotherhood
  2. 2 intimate friendship
公祭
gōng jì
  1. 1 public memorial service
再拜
zài bài
  1. 1 to bow again
  2. 2 to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times)
  3. 3 (in letters, an expression of respect)
参拜
cān bài
  1. 1 to formally call on
  2. 2 to worship (a God)
  3. 3 to pay homage to sb
叩拜
kòu bài
  1. 1 to bow in salute
  2. 2 to kowtow
司祭
sī jì
  1. 1 priest
回拜
huí bài
  1. 1 to pay a return visit
奠祭
diàn jì
  1. 1 pouring of wine on ground for sacrifice
崇拜者
chóng bài zhě
  1. 1 worshipper

Idioms (2)

顶礼膜拜
dǐng lǐ mó bài
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in worship (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to worship
  3. 3 to bow down to
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年
huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián
  1. 1 Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)

Sample Sentences

祭祖？就是祭拜祖先的意思吧，怎么祭祖呢？
jìzǔ ？jiùshì jìbài zǔxiān de yìsi ba ，zěnme jìzǔ ne ？
Worship the ancestors? You mean they offer sacrifices to the ancestors? Why do they do that?
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我自己觉得挺不一样的就是大年初一那一天，早上要起早去祭拜已逝的人，已逝的亲人。
wǒ zìjǐ juéde tǐng bùyīyàng de jiùshì dàniánchūyī nà yī tiān ，zǎoshang yào qǐzǎo qù jìbài yǐ shì de rén ，yǐ shì de qīnrén 。
One that I think is really different, on the first day of the lunar new year you need to get up early and worship the deceased, your deceased relatives.
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自己的亲人有什么好怕的。放在家里想什么时候祭拜就什么时候祭拜，省得清明节跟别人一起往公墓挤。
zìjǐ de qīnrén yǒu shénme hǎo pà de 。fàng zài jiālǐ xiǎng shénme shíhou jìbài jiù shénme shíhou jìbài ，shěngde Qīngmíngjié gēn biérén yīqǐ wǎng gōngmù jǐ 。
What's so scary about your own loved ones? If you keep it home you can honor them whenever you feel like it. It also saves you the trouble of having to go to a public cemetery with other people.
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