鞠 躬

jūgōng

“To bow” in Chinese is 鞠躬 (jūgōng).

Meaning

to bow
(literary) to bend down

Example

他向女王鞠躬。

He bowed to the Queen.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

jūHSK 7-917 strokesto incline (one's torso); to bow gōngHSK 7-910 strokesto bow

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