| 顿 |  dùn | to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal |   |
| 磕头 | kē tóu | to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) | |
| 跪拜 | guì bài | to kowtow / to kneel and worship | |
| 叩头 | kòu tóu | to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) / also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2] | |
| 叩首 | kòu shǒu | to kowtow / also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2] | |
| 叩拜 | kòu bài | to bow in salute / to kowtow | |
| 顿首 | dùn shǒu | kowtow | |
| 稽颡 | jī sǎng | kowtow (touch the forehead to the floor) | |
| 跪叩 | guì kòu | to kowtow | |
| 稽颡 | qǐ sǎng | to kowtow (touch the forehead to the floor) | |
| 叩见 | kòu jiàn | to kowtow in salute | |
| 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 | |
| 响头 | xiǎng tóu | to bump one's head / to kowtow with head-banging on the ground | |
| 磕头如捣蒜 | kè tóu rú dǎo suàn | lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom) / fig. to pound the ground with one's head | |
