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to bow, to salute; to defer, to yield
🔤 Pictophonetic: 扌 (hand) provides meaning, 咠 provides pronunciation
HSK ✏️ 12 strokes Uncommon • Top 35%

Words Using 揖 (8)

作揖
zuòyī
to bow with hands held in front
张揖
ZhāngYī
Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name [[稚讓|稚让<Zhìràng>]], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia [[廣雅|广雅<Guǎngyǎ>]] and several lost works
to greet by raising clasped hands
罗圈儿揖
luóquānryī
to bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides)
打拱作揖
dǎgǒngzuòyī
to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly
打躬作揖
dǎgōngzuòyī
to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly
长揖
chángyī
to clasp hands in greeting
开门揖盗
kāiményīdào
leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand