Hanzi
Traditional
鞠
Simplified
鞠

to incline (one's torso); to bow/leather ball used in ancient times/(literary) to bring up; to rear/Taiwan pr. [ju2]

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 8

Pinyin

jū, qū, qiōng

Bopomofo

ㄐㄩ, ㄑㄩ, ㄑㄩㄥ

Jyutping

guk1

Example sentences

鞠躬 jūgōng
學生們向老師深深地鞠躬表示感謝。
学生们向老师深深地鞠躬表示感谢。

The students bowed deeply to the teacher to express their gratitude.

表示 biǎoshì
他鞠躬表示感謝。
他鞠躬表示感谢。

He bowed to show his gratitude.

Example Vocabulary

鞠躬

ju1'gong1

to bow

鞠躬儘瘁

蹴鞠

cu4'ju2

鞠

ju2

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