屈膝

Chinese

		bent; feel wronged	knee
simp. and trad. (屈膝)		屈	膝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qūxī

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ sat¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khut-chhit
Min Nan (POJ): khut-sit / khut-chhiak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qūxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄒㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiushi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wat¹ sat¹
  - Yale: wāt sāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ sat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ sed¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ sɐt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khut-chhit
  - Hakka Romanization System: kud` qid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kud⁵ qid⁵
  - IPA: /kʰut̚² t͡ɕʰit̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khut-sit
  - Tâi-lô: khut-sit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qutsid
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ ɕit̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰut̚³²⁻⁵ ɕit̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khut-chhiak
  - Tâi-lô: khut-tshiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qutchiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰiak̚⁵/

Verb

屈膝

to kneel; to bend one's knees
(figuratively) to yield to; to surrender
屈膝投降 ― qūxī tóuxiáng ― to go down on one's knees to surrender

Derived terms

交臂屈膝
低頭屈膝／低头屈膝

卑躬屈膝

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