| | 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 the head / to yield / to give in | HSK 6 |
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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 / (literary) to bend down | 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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| | 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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| | 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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| | instrument for straightening bows | |
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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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| | bow and arrow | |
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| | bow case or scabbard / to hide / military strategy | |
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| | to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level / to worship | |
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| | to lean over / to bend over / to stoop / to bow | |
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| | strong bow / bowstring / to fill; full | |
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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 bow to the ground | |
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| | to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow | |
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| | to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow) | |
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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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| | to bend at the waist; to bow / (fig.) to bow to; to submit | |
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| | oar / stand for correcting a bow | |
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| | bow case / to cover | |
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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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| | bow of ship | |
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| | the bow or prow of a ship | |
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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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| | unbent bow | |
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| | to bow / to salute | |
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| | (of a bow) impactful / powerful | |
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| | to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor | |
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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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| | to submit; to yield; to bow to sb's will | |
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| | bow and crossbow | |
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| | to bow / personally | |
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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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| | cove / bay / a bend or nook in the hills / the curve of a bow | |
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| | handle of bow | |
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| | to bow with hands held in front | |
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| | bow of a ship | |
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| | to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping / unctuous fawning | |
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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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| | to prostrate oneself in worship (idiom) / (fig.) to worship / to bow down to | |
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| | to bow in salute; to kowtow | |
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| | the part of a bow grasped when shooting | |
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| | to unstring a bow / to slacken / to relax / to loosen | |
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| | bow case / quiver | |
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| | lit. to bow and give way (idiom) / fig. to surrender sth readily | |
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| | ship's bow | |
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| | carved bow | |
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| | ends of a 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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| | 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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| | within the range of a bow and arrow / (fig.) under sb's control | |
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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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| | lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful | |
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| | bow case | |
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| | to bow and scrape / to act servilely | |
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| | bow of a Chinese boat | |
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| | to draw a bow to the full / the range of a bow and arrow / old variant of 夠｜够, enough | |
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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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| | to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly | |
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| | bow bag | |
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| | to prostrate oneself / to kneel and bow the head (in submission, supplication, worship etc) | |
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| | variant of 弦 / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse | |
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| | bowed / curved like a bow | |
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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 bow in thanks | |
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| | to bow respectfully with clasped hands / to beg humbly | |
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| | bow decorated with animal horns | |
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| | bow of a warship | |
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| | to bow before (idiom) / to capitulate | |
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| | (archery) recurve bow | |
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| | (old) to bow and utter polite phrases / to open the way (for a dignitary etc) | |
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| | bow (of a stringed instrument) | |
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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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| | bow legs; bow-leggedness | |
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| | to bow down low / to make obeisance / to kneel and bow | |
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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 one's head in acknowledgment of guilt / to admit one's guilt | |
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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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| | bow legs / bandy legs | |
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| | to bend at the waist / (fig.) to bow to / (diving) pike position | |
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| | bow-and-arrow step (dance step) | |
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| | to bow / to bend at the waist | |
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| | (archery) bow limb | |
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| | to bend the body at the waist / to bow | |
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| | nock at end of bow / stretch | |
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| | to bow with clasped hands | |
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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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| | (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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| | icebreaker bow | |
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| | to bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides) | |
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| | bow-legged / bandy-legged | |
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| | decorative bow of ribbon or fabric | |
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| | bow / bowknot | |
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| | bow tie | |
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| | bow tie | |
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| | bow tie | |
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