| 跪 |  guì | to kneel |   |
| 下跪 | xià guì | to kneel / to go down on one's knees | |
| 跽 | jì | kneel | |
| 膝盖 | xī gài | knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration) | |
| 跪下 | guì xia | to kneel down | |
| 跪倒 | guì dǎo | to kneel down / to sink to one's knees / to grovel | |
| 跪拜 | guì bài | to kowtow / to kneel and worship | |
| 下拜 | xià bài | to bow down low / to make obeisance / to kneel and bow | |
| 长跪 | cháng guì | to kneel as in prayer (without sitting back on the heels) | |
| 三跪九叩 | sān guì jiǔ kòu | to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor) | |
| 交拜 | jiāo bài | to bow to one another / to kneel and kowtow to one another / formal kowtow as part of traditional wedding ceremony | |
| 男人膝下有黄金 | nán rén xī xià yǒu huáng jīn | lit. the man has gold under his knees / fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing to pride or moral integrity) | |
| 跪地求饶 | guì dì qiú ráo | to kneel and beg forgiveness | |
| 跪祷 | guì dǎo | to kneel in prayer | |
| 顶拜 | dǐng bài | to prostrate oneself / to kneel and bow the head (in submission, supplication, worship etc) | |
| 膜拜 | mó bài | to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level / to worship | |
| 跪乳 | guì rǔ | (literary) (of a lamb) to kneel to suckle at the breast (used as a metaphor for filial piety) | |
