HSK 6 · Emotions

崇拜 chóngbài “to worship” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 崇拜 means

  1. to worship
  2. to adore
  3. adoration

How to say 崇拜

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale崇chóng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale拜bài4th tone, falling

崇拜 in a sentence

  1. 学生们崇拜新的英语老师。

    Xuéshengmen chóngbài xīn de Yīngyǔ lǎoshī.

    The students adore the new English teacher.

    Sentence #918428 from Tatoeba

  2. 安妮有许多崇拜者。

    Ānnī yǒu xǔduō chóngbàizhě.

    Anne has many admirers.

    Sentence #824640 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 从根本上说，十二生肖的形成，与动物崇拜有关。

    Cóng gēnběn shàng shuō, shí'èr shēngxiào de xíngchéng, yǔ dòngwù chóngbài yǒuguān.

    Fundamentally, the formation of the twelve zodiac signs is related to animal worship.

    Sentence #737782 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 崇拜 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 崇 (chóng) with each of its parts in a different colour
崇chónghigh
  • 山mountain · shānMeaning part
  • 宗ancestry · zōngSound part

山 hints at the meaning (mountain); 宗 (zōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chóng.

The character 拜 (bài) with each of its parts in a different colour
拜bàito bow to; to pay one’s respects
  • 手hand · shǒu
  • 手hand · shǒu

How to write 崇拜

崇 11 strokes · 拜 9 strokes

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崇拜 (chóngbài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 崇拜 (chóngbài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 崇拜

Words with 崇

崇高chónggāo · lofty崇敬chóngjìng · to revere

Words with 拜

礼拜天Lǐbàitiān · Sunday拜托bàituō · to ask a favour拜访bàifǎng · to pay a visit拜年bàinián · to give New Year greetings

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鄙视bǐshì · to despise不屑一顾búxièyígù · to disdain诧异chàyì · astonished称心如意chènxīnrúyì · to be completely satisfied冲动chōngdòng · impulse崇敬chóngjìng · to revere胆怯dǎnqiè · timid惦记diànjì · to keep thinking about

FAQs

崇拜 (chóngbài) means “to worship” or “to adore”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chóngbài: chóng with a 2nd tone, then bài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 崇拜 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chongbai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 崇拜 from the suggestions. Typing chongbai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
崇拜 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.