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跪

guì

HSK 6 Character

What 跪 means

1. to kneel

Example sentences

• 玛丽跪了下来。
  Mary knelt down.
• 我们都跪了下来祈祷。
  Wǒmen dōu guì le xiàlai qídǎo.
  We all knelt down to pray.
• 他们跪了下来祈祷，希望战争快点结束。
  Tāmen guì le xiàlai qídǎo, xīwàng zhànzhēng kuàidiǎn jiéshù.
  They knelt down and prayed that the war would end soon.
• 突然，他拿出了一个戒指，跪在地上，向我求婚。
  Tūrán, tā náchū le yī gè jièzhi, guì zài dìshàng, xiàng wǒ qiúhūn.
  Suddenly, he took out a ring, kneeled on the ground, and asked me to marry him.
• 店主担心地跑过去跪在迪马身旁, 迪马沉重地喘着气, 他的额头复着一层汗。
  Diànzhǔ dānxīn de pǎo guòqù guì zài dí mǎ shēn páng, dí mǎ chénzhòng de chuǎn zhe qì, tā de étóu fù zhe yīcéng hàn.
  Worried, the shopkeeper ran over and kneeled beside Dima, who was breathing heavily - his forehead covered in sweat.

Words starting with 跪

• 跪下guì xiato kneel down
• 跪倒guì dǎoto kneel down; to sink to one's knees; to grovel
• 跪拜guì bàito kowtow; to kneel and worship
• 跪乳guì rǔ(literary) (of a lamb) to kneel to suckle at the breast…
• 跪伏guì fúto crouch (of animal)
• 跪坐guì zuòto sit kneeling with legs folded underneath the thighs and buttocks resting on the heels
• 跪毯guì tǎna prayer mat; a carpet for kneeling
• 跪祷guì dǎoto kneel in prayer
• 跪地求饶guì dì qiú ráoto kneel and beg forgiveness
• 跪叩guì kòuto kowtow

Words containing 跪

• 下跪xià guìto kneel; to go down on one's knees
• 滑跪huá guì(of a soccer player) to knee slide after scoring a goal…
• 罚跪fá guìto punish by protracted kneeling
• 长跪cháng guìto kneel as in prayer (without sitting back on the heels)
• 三跪九叩sān guì jiǔ kòuto kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)

Characters built on 危

These share the phonetic component 危 (wēi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 脆cuìbrittle; fragile; crisp
• 诡guǐ(bound form) sly; crafty; (literary) weird; bizarre; (literary) contradictory…

Characters that look like 跪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 税shuìtaxes; duties
• 跳tiàoto jump; to hop; to skip over
• 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
• 棘jíthorns
• 跺duòto stamp one's feet
• 跷qiāoto raise one's foot; to stand on tiptoe; stilts

Sounds the same

Read guì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 贵expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank
• 柜cupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
• 桂cassia; laurel
• 刽to amputate; to cut off; also pr. kuài
• 桧Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis); (old) coffin lid decoration; Taiwan pr. kuài
• 攰totally exhausted (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 累
• 鳜mandarin fish; Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi)
• 刿cut; injure
• 嶡precipitous; mountainous
• 溎name of a river
• 鱥minnow
• 筀bamboo (archaic)