拜 bài
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
拜见
bàijiàn
to pay respects to; to call on formally
Characters in this word
见 jiàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- 冂 frame 儿 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 晚辈第一次拜见长辈时，言行最好稳重一些。 Wǎnbèi dì yī cì bàijiàn zhǎngbèi shí, yánxíng zuìhǎo wěnzhòng yìxiē. When a younger person formally meets an elder for the first time, it is best to be steady in speech and behaviour.
- 过年的时候，我带着孩子去拜见了九十岁的老师。 Guònián de shíhou, wǒ dàizhe háizi qù bàijiàn le jiǔshí suì de lǎoshī. At the New Year I took my child to pay respects to my ninety-year-old teacher.
- 他特地带着礼物，去拜见多年未见的老校长。 Tā tèdì dàizhe lǐwù, qù bàijiàn duō nián wèi jiàn de lǎo xiàozhǎng. He took a gift specially to call on his old headmaster, whom he had not seen for many years.
Related words
- 拜访 bàifǎng to visit
- 礼拜 lǐbài week
- 拜年 bàinián to pay a New Year’s visit
- 崇拜 chóngbài to worship, to adore
- 拜会 bàihuì to pay a formal visit
- 拜托 bàituō to ask a favour; please
- 见 jiàn to see; to meet
- 见面 jiànmiàn to meet, to see each other
- 看见 kànjiàn to see, to catch sight of
- 听见 tīngjiàn to hear
- 再见 zàijiàn goodbye
- 常见 chángjiàn common