拜
bài HSK5

pay respects

拜 bài
[polite prefix] verbadverb
(bound form) polite prefix used before certain verbs to show respect to the other person, as in 拜访 bài​fǎng, 拜托 bài​tuō, or 拜读 bài​dú
to pay respect nounverb
to pay one's respects or do obeisance, such as by bowing, kneeling, or joining hands; to worship a deity or ancestors
to visit
to pay a visit or make a courtesy call; to extend greetings on a specific occasion, such as for a birthday or the New Year
to acknowledge
to acknowledge someone as a teacher, master, or foster parent
byte
(loanword) byte in computing, consisting of eight bits
surname
a Chinese surname
to appoint
to be appointed to a high office or rank through a formal ceremony

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,218th most common 108.4 per million
Movie subtitles
469th most common 314.3 per million appears in 71% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
34.9 per million appears in 11% of films
Written text
31.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+62DC

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)