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鞠躬

鞠躬 jūgōng

鞠躬 jūgōng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 鞠躬 jūgōng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jūgōng | ju1 gong1
English translation
to bow

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Traditional form

鞠躬 jūgōng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 鞠躬 jūgōng

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Type

pictophonetic

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

革匊

Number of Strokes

17
gōng

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

身弓

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 鞠躬 jūgōng

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Xiàng mào shì ,鞠躬 jūgōng 答礼 dá lǐ .

I raise my hat to her and she bowed in return.

men Xiàng 路易斯 Lù yì sī 深深 shēn shēn 鞠躬 jūgōng bìng 忙不迭 máng bù dié de gěi ràng dào

They bowed low to Louis and hastened out of his way.

鞠躬 jūgōng Decomposition

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鞠躬 jūgōng Compounds

See all 5 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 鞠躬 jūgōng in their composition.

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  • gōng
    • gōng , qióng
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