拜 — Chinese character
拜
bài
to bow, to salute; to worship, to pay respects
- Pinyin
- bài
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 手 手
- Formation
- ideographic — Two hands 手 put together in respect
- Japanese
- 拜 as a kanji
Common words with 拜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 崇拜 | chóng bài | to worship; adoration |
| 礼拜 (禮拜) | lǐ bài | to attend a religious service; (coll.) week |
| 拜托 (拜託) | bài tuō | to request sb to do sth; please! |
| 拜访 (拜訪) | bài fǎng | to pay a visit; to call on |
| 拜拜 | bái bái | (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc |
| 拜拜 | bài bai | to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together; (Tw) religious ceremony in which offeri |
| 参拜 (參拜) | cān bài | to formally call on; to worship (a God) |
| 个人崇拜 (個人崇拜) | gè rén chóng bài | personality cult |
| 朝拜 | cháo bài | to worship; to make customary deferences to |
| 膜拜 | mó bài | to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level; to worship |
| 拜会 (拜會) | bài huì | (often used in the context of diplomacy) to meet with; to pay a visit to; to call on |
| 礼拜堂 (禮拜堂) | lǐ bài táng | chapel; church (Protestant) |
English words written with 拜
拜 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 6 · Mencius 6 · Zhuangzi 15
- Analects 9.3
- Analects 10.11
- Analects 10.15
- Analects 17.1
- Mencius 2A.8
- Mencius 3B.7
- Mencius 5B.6
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.