屈膝

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ sat¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khut-chhit
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khut-sit / khut-chhiak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyusi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: chyū-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiushi
    • Palladius: цюйси (cjujsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wat¹ sat¹
    • Yale: wāt sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ sɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khut-chhit
    • Hakka Romanization System: kud` qid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kud⁵ qid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰut̚² t͡sʰit̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khut-sit
    • Tâi-lô: khut-sit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qutsid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ sit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰut̚³²⁻⁵ sit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khut-chhiak
    • Tâi-lô: khut-tshiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qutchiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiak̚⁵/

Verb

屈膝

1. to kneel; to bend one's knees
2. (figurative) 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 (bēigōng-qūxī)
• 屈膝章 (“the forty-fifth sura of the Qur'an”)