拜 (bài)

to worship; to visit; to pay respects

How 拜 is written

Strokes
9
Radical
龵 — hand
Traditional
拜
Simplified
拜 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 拜

崇拜 chóngbài
to worship; adoration
拜年 bàinián
to pay a New Year call; to wish sb a Happy New Year
拜拜 bàibài
bye-bye (loanword); worshipping festival (Taiwan); to worship (the gods)(Taiwan)
拜託 bàituō
to request sb to do sth; please!
拜訪 bàifǎng
to pay a visit; to call on
禮拜 lǐbài
week; religious service; worship
下拜 xiàbài
to bow down low; to make obeisance; to kneel and bow
再拜 zàibài
to bow again; formal obeisance or kowtow
參拜 cānbài
to formally call on; to worship (a God); to pay homage to sb
叩拜 kòubài
to bow in salute; to kowtow
回拜 huíbài
to pay a return visit
崇拜者 chóngbàizhě
worshipper

拜 in a sentence

很多台灣人初一十五會去廟裡拜拜。

Hěn duō Táiwānrén chūyī shíwǔ huì qù miàolǐ bàibài.

“Many Taiwanese people go to the temple to worship on the 1st and 15th of the lunar month.”

How common is 拜?

拜 is the 1,216th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 92% of all running text.

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