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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)

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。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。”"It must bother you to have taken a bad master." "I'm stupid too. So, it's all right." #862457

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