叩首

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Chinese

knock
head; chief; first (occasion)
head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
 
simp. and trad.
(叩首)

Pronunciation


Verb

叩首

  1. (intransitive, literary) to kowtow

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (叩首):
  • Japanese: (こう)(しゅ) (kōshu)
  • Korean: 고수(叩首) (gosu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Hyōgai
しゅ
Grade: 2
kan'on goon

Pronunciation

Noun

(こう)(しゅ) (kōshuこうしゆ (kousyu)?

  1. kowtow
    Synonym: 叩頭 (kōtō)

Verb

(こう)(しゅ)する (kōshu suruこうしゆ (kousyu)?intransitive suru (stem (こう)(しゅ) (kōshu shi), past (こう)(しゅ)した (kōshu shita))

  1. to kowtow
    Synonym: 叩頭する (kōtō suru)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

叩首 (gosu) (hangeul 고수)

  1. hanja form? of 고수