cān
bài

common
formal

Meaning of 参拜

参拜 means to pay formal respects (to a revered person, statue, or tomb); to worship. Pronounced cān bài.

  • to pay formal respects (to a revered person, statue, or tomb); to worship

Definitions & Examples

Měi
nián
qīng
míng
 
rén
men
dōu
huì
cān
bài
xiān
de
líng
 

Every year during Qingming Festival, people visit and pay respects at their ancestors' tombs.

zài
qián
gōng
jìng
de
cān
bài
 

He paid respectful homage before the Buddha.

Zhè
wèi
wài
guó
zhèng
yào
cān
bài
le
zhōng
shān
líng
 

The foreign dignitary paid a formal visit to Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum.

shì
yāo
qiú
xíng
sān
guì
jiǔ
kòu
de
cān
bài
 

The ceremony required paying homage with the grand ritual of three kneelings and nine kowtows.