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叩首
kòu​shǒu

to kowtow

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
叩首 kòu//shǒu
to kowtow
to kneel and touch the forehead to the ground as a sign of respect or worship; also written as 叩头 kòu​tóu or 磕头 kē​tóu

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.060 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.342 per million

Cross-References

Variant of

  • 叩头 kòu​tóu
  • 扣头 kòu​tóu

Same as

  • 磕头 kē​tóu

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)