拜 (baai3) — visit; pay a visit; call on or at in Cantonese

baai˗₃拜

Mandarin Pinyin: bai4

Meaning of 拜

nounvisit; pay a visit; call on or at

nouna Chinese family name

nounbye, farewell

nounappoint (as a government official); [n] appointment

nounto pray (God); worship; do obeisance; salute; pay respects to

nounto greet/goodbye

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Example Sentences with 拜

有冇去禮拜堂呀?

Do you go to church?

我通常𨂾一個禮拜去facial一次

I usually go for facial once every week.

ngoˏ₅我lo2-zo2攞soeng6go3lai5baai3咗maaiˏ₅上go2-gin6-saam1個heoi˗₃禮gon1sai2拜買嗰件衫去乾洗

I took the shirt I bought last week to be dry-cleaned.

ngoˏ₅我lo2-zo2攞soeng6go3lai5baai3咗maaiˏ₅上go2di1-saam1個heoi˗₃禮gon1sai2拜買嗰啲衫去乾洗

I took the clothes I bought last week to be dry-cleaned.

ngoˏ₅我lo2-zo2攞loeng5go3咗lai5baai3兩cinˎ₄個haiˊ²禮gwong2coeng4拜maaiˏ₅前go2-gin6-saam1喺heoi˗₃廣saiˊ²城買嗰件衫去洗

I took the shirt I bought two weeks ago at the shopping mall to be cleaned.

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Words Containing 拜

禮拜堂lai5 baai3 tong4

church

拜壽baai3 sau6

congratulate an (elderly) person on his birthday

拜票baai3 piu3

door-to-door canvassing or general canvassing for votes

甘拜下風gam1 baai3 haa6 fung1

to admit inferiority (in knowledge, ability, etc...); to admit a defeat

禮拜儀式lai5 baai3 ji4 sik1

to pray to God; to worship the gods; to go for prayers; to go to a temple / church / mosque / synagogue to pray

見高就拜見低就踩gin3 gou1 zau6 baai3 gin3 dai1 zau6 caai2

bow to those higher up, trample on those lower down

拜謁baai3 jit3

to call to pay one's respects; pay homage; pay a formal visit

拜望baai3 mong6

call to pay one's respect; call on

拜別baai3 bit6

take leave of

禮拜lai5 baai3

week (Synonym: 星期, 禮拜 has a more religious connotation than 星期); also sometimes used to mean Sunday

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