- 1. do obeisance
- ♦ 拜佛
- 2. pay a courtesy call
- ♦ 回拜
- 3. congratulate (on a certain occasion)
- ♦ 拜年
- 4. visit; pay a visit
- ♦ 新搬来的张同志刚才~街坊来了。 The new neighbour, Comrade Zhang, came to visit us.
- 5. confer a title on sb.; appoint
- ♦ ~相 confer the title of Prime Minister on sb.; appoint sb. as Prime Minister
- 6. acknowledge sb. as one's master, godfather, etc.
- ♦ 我~他为师学钢琴。 I became a piano student of his.
- 7.
套 (used before a verb) - ♦ ~谢 express one's thanks