khấu đầu
Pronunciation
Northern
/xəw˧˥ ɗə̤w˨˩/
Central
/kʰə̰w˩˧ ɗəw˧˧/
Southern
/kʰəw˧˥ ɗəw˨˩/
kowtow
Verb
kowtow
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1 senses
2 Components
Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
kowtow
To kneel and touch the forehead to the ground as a profound sign of respect, submission, or apology.
vi Họ khấu đầu trước bàn thờ tổ tiên.
en They kowtow before the ancestral altar.
Parts
khấu / đầu / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 叩頭 …
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Parts
khấu / đầu / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 叩頭 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 叩頭
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
叩頭
Candidates by syllable
khấu
扣（寇 / 叩）
đầu
頭
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
khẩu đầu / khấu hao / khấu trừ / khấu …
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Similar
khẩu đầu / khấu hao / khấu trừ / khấu …
Use
sân khấu / tay khấu / nụy khấu / chiết khấu …
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Use
sân khấu / tay khấu / nụy khấu / chiết khấu …