| 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 | |
| 跪叩 | guì kòu | to kowtow | |
| 稽颡 | qǐ sǎng | to kowtow (touch the forehead to the floor) | |
