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叩头
kòu​tóu

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 kē​tóu
  • 叩首 kòu​shǒu
  • 扣头 kòu​tóu

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)