打躬作揖

Chinese

		to take a deep bow	to slightly bow with the hands clasped in front
trad. (打躬作揖)		打躬	作揖
simp. #(打躬作揖)		打躬	作揖
alternative forms		打恭作揖 打拱作揖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎgōngzuòyī, dǎgōngzuōyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧ, ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² gung¹ zok³ jap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎgōngzuòyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎgongzuòyi
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-kung¹-tso⁴-i¹
    • Yale: dǎ-gūng-dzwò-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daagongtzuohi
    • Palladius: дагунцзои (dagunczoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ i⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎgōngzuōyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎgongzuoyi
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-kung¹-tso¹-i¹
    • Yale: dǎ-gūng-dzwō-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daagongtzuoi
    • Palladius: дагунцзои (dagunczoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² gung¹ zok³ jap¹
    • Yale: dá gūng jok yāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² gung¹ dzok⁸ jap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² gung¹ zog³ yeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ jɐp̚⁵/

Idiom

打躬作揖

1. to fold the hands and make deep bows; to do obeisance; to beg humbly