叩头 kòutóu to kowtow Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 叩头 叩頭 kòu//tóu to kowtow to kneel and touch the forehead to the ground as a traditional sign of respect or submission; also used to beg for forgiveness Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.927 per million Cross-References Same as 磕头 kētóu叩首 kòushǒu扣头 kòutóu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
叩头 叩頭 kòu//tóu to kowtow to kneel and touch the forehead to the ground as a traditional sign of respect or submission; also used to beg for forgiveness Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.927 per million Cross-References Same as 磕头 kētóu叩首 kòushǒu扣头 kòutóu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)