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拜

bài

to bow to; to pay one's respects

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Meanings

bài

  1. to bow to; to pay one's respects
  2. (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion)
  3. to make a courtesy call
  4. (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony
  5. to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc)
  6. (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)

Its parts

Dictionaries file it under 手.

In sentences

史shǐ蒂dì芬fēn·科kē拜bài尔ěr是shì一个yī ge好hǎo疯狂fēng kuáng的de家伙jiā huo。史shǐ蒂dì芬fēn·科kē拜bài爾ěr是shì一個yī ge好hǎo瘋狂fēng kuáng的de家伙jiā huo。Stephen Colbert is a pretty crazy guy. #536808

“拜bài个gè不够bù gòu行xíng的de师父shī fu，很hěn伤脑筋shāng nǎo jīn吧ba？”　“我wǒ也yě很hěn笨bèn，所以suǒ yǐ没关系méi guān xi。”“拜bài個gè不夠bù gòu行xíng的de師父shī fu，很hěn傷腦筋shāng nǎo jīn吧ba？”　“我wǒ也yě很hěn笨bèn，所以suǒ yǐ沒關係méi guān xi。”"It must bother you to have taken a bad master." "I'm stupid too. So, it's all right." #862457

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湃 pài