卑躬屈膝

Chinese

			to kneel; to bend one's knees; to yield to to kneel; to bend one's knees; to yield to; to surrender
simp. and trad. (卑躬屈膝)		卑躬	屈膝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēigōngqūxī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟㄍㄨㄥㄑㄩㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹ gung¹ wat¹ sat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bēigōngqūxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟㄍㄨㄥㄑㄩㄒㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beigongchiushi
  - Tongyong Pinyin: beigongcyusi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei¹ gung¹ wat¹ sat¹
  - Yale: bēi gūng wāt sāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹ gung¹ wat⁷ sat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi¹ gung¹ wed¹ sed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ wɐt̚⁵ sɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

卑躬屈膝

to bow and scrape; to cringe; to act servilely or obsequiously

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