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下跪 (xià guì): To kneel down (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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下跪 consists of 2 characters.

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Pinyinxià guì

Meaningto kneel down

Characters2

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Syntaxverb

Word下跪

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 下跪.

Words with 下

下午xià wǔHSK 1
下班xià bānHSK 1
下课xià kèHSK 1
下雨xià yǔHSK 1
一下yī xiàHSK 2
下去xià quHSK 2
下来xià laiHSK 2
下面xià miànHSK 2

Words with 跪

跪下guì xià
跪射俑guìshèyǒng

3.

Example Sentences with 下跪

Tā他

xià下

guì跪

qǐng请

qiú求

yuán原

liàng谅

。

He knelt down to ask for forgiveness.

Zài在

gǔ古

dài代

，

chén臣

zǐ子

yào要

xiàng向

huáng皇

dì帝

xià下

guì跪

。

In ancient times, subjects had to kneel before the emperor.