拜
to bow to; to pay one's respects; (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion); to make a courtesy call; (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony; to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc); (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #969 U+62DC
How 拜 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two hands 手 put together in respect
components: 手 ×2
How to remember it
adore · Heisig RSH #2582
手 hand + ceiling + bushes
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 拜 as their sound component
These characters all use 拜 (bài) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拜 sound component | bài | to bow, to salute; to worship, to pay respects |
| 湃 | pài | turbulent, surging; the sound of waves crashing |
Words containing 拜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拜金主义 | bài jīn zhǔ yì | money worship |
| 拜天地 | bài tiān dì | to worship heaven and earth; ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding… |
| 拜城县 | Bài chéng Xiàn | Baicheng, a county in Aksu Prefecture 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang |
| 八拜之交 | bā bài zhī jiāo | sworn brotherhood; intimate friendship |
| 拜人为师 | bài rén wéi shī | to acknowledge as one's teacher |
| 拜金女 | bài jīn nǚ | materialistic woman; (slang) gold-digger |
| 拜物教 | bài wù jiào | fetishism |
| 拜火教 | Bài huǒ jiào | see 祆教[Xian1 jiao4] |
| 朝拜圣山 | cháo bài shèng shān | a pilgrimage to a holy mountain |
| 拜科努尔航天发射基地 | Bài kē nǔ ěr Háng tiān Fā shè Jī dì | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| 亚塞拜然 | Yà sài bài rán | (Tw) Azerbaijan |
| 团拜会 | tuán bài huì | New Year reception |
| 黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心 | huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián , méi ān hǎo xīn | see 黃鼠狼給雞拜年|黄鼠狼给鸡拜年[huang2 shu3 lang2 gei3 ji1 bai4 nian2] |
| 甘拜下风 | gān bài xià fēng | to step down gracefully (humble expression); to concede defeat; to play second fiddle |
| 礼拜一 | Lǐ bài yī | Monday |
| 礼拜天 | Lǐ bài tiān | Sunday |
| 拜金 | bài jīn | to worship money; to be mad about money |
| 礼拜三 | Lǐ bài sān | Wednesday |
| 拜会 | bài huì | (often used in the context of diplomacy) to meet with; to pay a visit to; to call on |
| 礼拜日 | Lǐ bài rì | Sunday |