kòu = k + ou4
to knock / to kowtow
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kòu = k + ou4
old variant of 叩[kou4] / to knock
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How to pronounce 叩

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= k initial

K is for Karl Marx.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ou4 final

In the outhouse’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

叩 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
jié = ji + e2
"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 叩 as component

mìng = mi + (e)ng4
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc
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Words with 叩

to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) / also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
to kowtow / also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
to knock on a door

Sentences with 叩

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kòu

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