卑躬屈膝

Chinese

			to kneel; to bend one's knees; to yield to to kneel; to bend one's knees; to yield to; to surrender
trad. (卑躬屈膝)		卑躬	屈膝
simp. #(卑躬屈膝)		卑躬	屈膝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēigōng-qūxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄩ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹ gung¹ wat¹ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēigōng-qūxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄩ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: beigongcyusi
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹-kung¹-chʻü¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: bēi-gūng-chyū-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beigongchiushi
    • Palladius: бэйгунцюйси (bɛjguncjujsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei¹ gung¹ wat¹ sat¹
    • Yale: bēi gūng wāt sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹ gung¹ wat⁷ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi¹ gung¹ wed¹ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ wɐt̚⁵ sɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

卑躬屈膝

1. to bow and scrape; to cringe; to act servilely or obsequiously

Synonyms

• 卑躬屈節／卑躬屈节 (bēigōng-qūjié)