磕头 (kē tóu) — to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) · Chinese · Nantoka

kē tóu

Traditional: 磕頭

磕头 (kē tóu) is a Chinese word meaning “to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)”.

Meanings

1to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)

Characters in 磕头

磕kē · to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock (mud from boots, ash from a pipe etc)头tóu · head

Related words

头head 头suffix for nouns 头发hair (on the head)头儿leader 回头to turn round; to turn one's head 石头stone 镜头camera lens 骨头bone 头脑brains 摄像头webcam 码头wharf; dock; quay; pier 舌头tongue

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