| | to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters | HSK 4 |
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| | to bow to the ground | |
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| | to bow the head / to yield / to give in | HSK 6 |
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| | to draw a bow; to pull back a bowstring | |
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| | to unstring a bow / to slacken / to relax / to loosen | |
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| | bow and arrow | |
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| | bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL: 根 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to bow to; to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness) | |
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| | (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛｜陶潜, who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary | |
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| | to bow before (idiom) / to capitulate | |
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| | lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility / at daggers drawn | |
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| | to pull / to draw (a cart or a bow) / to roll up / to coil / to carry on the arm / to lament the dead / (fig.) to pull against / to recover | HSK 7-9 |
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| | a bow (weapon) / CL: 張｜张 / to bend / to arch (one's back etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | bow-legged / bandy-legged | |
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| | to bow / (literary) to bend down | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor | |
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| | lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful | |
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| | bow tie / loop of a necktie / lavaliere | |
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| | to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc / to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc / first quarter (phase of the moon) | |
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| | lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom) / fig. to bluff / to be all talk and no action / false bravado | |
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| | to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level / to worship | |
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| | to bow to one another / to kneel and kowtow to one another / formal kowtow as part of traditional wedding ceremony | |
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| | to bow and scrape / to act servilely | |
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| | to bow in salute; to kowtow | |
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| | to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly | |
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| | can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take / flexible | |
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| | lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose | |
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| | (of a bow) impactful / powerful | |
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| | (archery) recurve bow | |
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| | lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) / fig. to fawn on sb / to bow and scrape / to grovel | |
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| | bow of a warship | |
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| | to bow one's head in acknowledgment of guilt / to admit one's guilt | |
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| | to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow) | |
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| | the bow or prow of a ship | |
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| | to bow with hands held in front | |
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| | (archery) bow limb | |
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| | to bend at the waist / (fig.) to bow to / (diving) pike position | |
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| | nock at end of bow / stretch | |
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| | (slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career / to pack it in / (of a gangster, prostitute etc) to get out of the game / (of a business) to cease to operate | |
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| | bow of a Chinese boat | |
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| | bow / bowknot | |
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| | to bow again / to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times) / (in letters, an expression of respect) | |
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| | bowed / curved like a bow | |
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| | to bow / to bend at the waist | |
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| | to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping / unctuous fawning | |
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| | to bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping the arms straight (a form of greeting) | |
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| | to prostrate oneself / to kneel and bow the head (in submission, supplication, worship etc) | |
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| | bow bag | |
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| | (old) to bow and utter polite phrases / to open the way (for a dignitary etc) | |
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| | to bow in thanks | |
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| | to submit; to yield; to bow to sb's will | |
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| | composite bow (archery) | |
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| | bow case / to cover | |
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| | to bow down low / to make obeisance / to kneel and bow | |
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| | bow legs / bandy legs | |
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| | to bend the body at the waist / to bow | |
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| | to bow down to everything sb says or does / to act submissively in order to ingratiate oneself | |
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| | bow and crossbow | |
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| | huqin / family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring | |
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| | (lit.) a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / (fig.) sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences | |
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| | bow legs; bow-leggedness | |
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| | carved bow | |
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| | bow (of a stringed instrument) | |
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| | to prostrate oneself in worship (idiom) / (fig.) to worship / to bow down to | |
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| | ship's bow | |
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| | bow tie (loanword) (Cantonese) | |
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| | bow tie | |
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| | to bow / personally | |
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| | to incline (one's torso); to bow / leather ball used in ancient times / (literary) to bring up; to rear / Taiwan pr. [ju2] | |
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| | bow case or scabbard / to hide / military strategy | |
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| | to bow with clasped hands | |
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| | to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow | |
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| | bow case / quiver | |
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| | bow of ship | |
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| | bow decorated with animal horns | |
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| | to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly | |
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| | unbent bow | |
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| | instrument for straightening bows | |
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| | to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action / to go through the motions / to practice / a trial run | |
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| | strong bow / bowstring / to fill; full | |
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| | within the range of a bow and arrow / (fig.) under sb's control | |
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| | to bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides) | |
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| | the part of a bow grasped when shooting | |
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| | cove / bay / a bend or nook in the hills / the curve of a bow | |
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| | icebreaker bow | |
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| | to lean over / to bend over / to stoop / to bow | |
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| | fore hold (on ship) / bow cabin | |
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| | lit. to restring one's bow / to reform and start over again | |
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| | to perform the ritual bows / to follow the customary ceremonies | |
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| | bow of a ship | |
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| | bow tie | |
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| | bow tie | |
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| | to bow / to salute | |
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| | decorative bow of ribbon or fabric | |
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| | (literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot; to bow while leaning on this handrail as a gesture of respect | |
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| | (literary) to draw one's bow to the full / Taiwan pr. [kuo4] | |
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| | oar / stand for correcting a bow | |
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| | bow case | |
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| | handle of bow | |
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