HSK 6 · Verbs

鞠躬 jūgōng “to bow” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 鞠躬 means

  1. to bow

How to say 鞠躬

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale鞠jū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale躬gōng1st tone, high and level

鞠躬 in a sentence

  1. 他向女王鞠躬。

    Tā xiàng nǚwáng jūgōng.

    He bowed to the Queen.

    Sentence #1404409 from Tatoeba

  2. 在日本，遇到人鞠躬是有礼貌的表现。

    Zài Rìběn, yùdào rén jūgōng shì yǒu lǐmào de biǎoxiàn.

    In Japan, it’s polite to bow when you meet someone.

    Sentence #461630 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 没有人向他恭敬地鞠躬。

    Méiyǒu rén xiàng tā gōngjìng de jūgōng.

    No one bowed to him respectfully.

    Sentence #461502 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 鞠躬 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 鞠 (jū) with each of its parts in a different colour
鞠jūto incline; to bow
  • 革leather · géMeaning part
  • 匊handful · jūSound part

革 hints at the meaning (leather); 匊 (jū) hints at the sound. Compare it with jū.

The character 躬 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
躬gōngbody
  • 身body · shēn
  • 弓bow · gōng

How to write 鞠躬

鞠 17 strokes · 躬 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 鞠躬

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FAQs

鞠躬 (jūgōng) means “to bow”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jūgōng: jū with a 1st tone, then gōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 鞠躬 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jugong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 鞠躬 from the suggestions. Typing jugong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
鞠躬 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.