敬拜

jìngbài
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to worship (reverently)
  2. 2 to pay homage

Examples

HSK 3
Měizhōu rì tā dōu qù jiàohuì jìngbài.
Every Sunday he goes to church to worship.
HSK 6
Xìntú men zài jiàotáng lǐ jìngbài Shàngdì.
The believers worship God in the church.

Tips

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Relatively formal and strongly associated with Christian usage in modern Chinese - 敬拜上帝, 敬拜赞美 'praise and worship'. For Buddhist/Taoist contexts 礼拜 or 朝拜 is more common; alone covers ancestral and folk worship (拜祖先, 拜神). 崇拜 ranges from religious to secular ('to idolize').

Stroke Order

jìng
bài