躬
gōng
Pinyin

Definition

躬
 - 
gōng
  1. body
  2. oneself
  3. personally
  4. to bow
躬 (躳)
 - 
gōng
  1. old variant of 躬[gōng]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

穷
qióng
  1. 1 poor
  2. 2 destitute
  3. 3 to use up
  4. 4 to exhaust
  5. 5 thoroughly
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

Related Words (7)

鞠躬
jū gōng
  1. 1 to bow
  2. 2 (literary) to bend down
鞠躬尽瘁
jū gōng jìn cuì
  1. 1 to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
事必躬亲
shì bì gōng qīn
  1. 1 to attend to everything personally
卑躬屈膝
bēi gōng qū xī
  1. 1 to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning
  2. 2 bending and scraping to curry favor
躬
gōng
  1. 1 body
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 personally
  4. 4 to bow

Idioms (4)

卑躬屈膝
bēi gōng qū xī
  1. 1 to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning
  2. 2 bending and scraping to curry favor
鞠躬尽力
jū gōng jìn lì
  1. 1 to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
鞠躬尽瘁
jū gōng jìn cuì
  1. 1 to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已
jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ
  1. 1 to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life
  2. 2 with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day

Sample Sentences

可不是嘛。重点是我要是不去工作，他以后就会一副高高在上的样子。他要是成了我的经济支柱，那我还不得每天对他鞠躬哈腰。
kěbushì ma 。chóngdiǎn shì wǒ yàoshi bù qù gōngzuò ，tā yǐhòu jiù huì yī fù gāogāozàishàng de yàngzi 。tā yàoshi chéng le wǒ de jīngjì zhīzhù ，nà wǒ hái bùdé měitiān duì tā jūgōng hāyāo 。
Isn’t that the truth! The main thing is if I don’t go to work, he’ll act all superior. If he becomes my main source of financial support, then I’ll also have to bow and curtsey to him every day.
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下台一鞠躬！
xiàtái yī jūgōng ！
Let's bow before getting off stage!
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李探长向墓碑深深地三鞠躬。
Lǐ tànzhǎng xiàng mùbēi shēnshēn de sān jūgōng 。
Detective Li bowed deeply to the tombstone three times.
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是啊，不需要一直鞠躬。
shì a ，bù xūyào yīzhí jūgōng 。
Yeah, you don't have to bend over all the time.
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但是在日本和韩国要鞠躬。
dànshì zài Rìběn hé Hánguó yào jūgōng 。
But in Japan and Korea you need to bow.
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在中国，见面的时候需要鞠躬吗？
zài Zhōngguó ，jiànmiàn de shíhou xūyào jūgōng ma ？
In China, do you need to bow when you meet people?
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