kòu
叩 (kòu) is a Chinese word meaning “to knock; to kowtow”.
Meanings
- 1to knock
- 2to kowtow
Related words
叩old variant of 叩[kou4]叩首to kowtow叩头to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)叩门to knock on a door三跪九叩to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)叩关to knock at the gate (old)叩应call-in (loanword)叩拜to bow in salute; to kowtow叩球spike (volleyball)叩见to kowtow in salute叩谒to visit (esp. one's superiors)叩问(literary) to inquire