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躬

gōng
verb #14,872

Meanings

  1. 1 to bow
  2. 2 body (literary)
  3. 3 oneself; personally (literary)

Characters

躬
gōng
to bow; body; personally

Examples

他向老师鞠躬致敬。
Tā xiàng lǎoshī jūgōng zhìjìng.
He bowed to the teacher in respect.
事必躬亲才能做好。
Shì bì gōngqīn cái néng zuòhǎo.
Only by attending to things personally can they be done well.

Tips

usage
躬 is literary and rarely stands alone in modern Chinese. It appears in set compounds: 鞠躬 (jūgōng, to bow), 躬亲 (gōngqīn, to attend to personally), 躬身 (gōngshēn, to bend one's body).

Stroke Order

躬 gōng

Related Words

鞠躬 jūgōng HSK 7 #9,304
to bow / a bow (gesture of respect)
鞠躬尽瘁 jūgōngjìncuì #28,686
to bend to a task and spare no effort / to give one's all / to devote oneself entirely to the cause until death
弓 gōng HSK 7 #10,060
bow (weapon for shooting arrows) / anything bow-shaped; an arc
公子 gōngzǐ #5,384
young master / son of a noble or wealthy family / gentleman (archaic/literary)
官 guān HSK 4 #1,551
official / government official / organ (body part)
解脱 jiětuō HSK 7 #4,676
to free oneself / to find relief / liberation
浑身 húnshēn HSK 7 #4,362
all over the body / from head to toe
锻炼 duànliàn HSK 4 #4,303
to exercise; to work out / to temper; to toughen (oneself)
弗 fú #4,131
not (literary) / used in phonetic transliterations
才华 cáihuá HSK 7 #4,126
talent / literary or artistic talent
躬 gōng
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