English-Thai Dictionary

kowtow

N การ คำนับ แบบ จีน โดย คุกเข่า ลง เอาหน้า ผาก แตะ พื้น  kan-kam-nab-baeb-jin-doi-kuk-kao-long-ao-na-pak-tae-puen

 

kowtow

VI คุกเข่า ลง เอาหน้า ผาก แตะ พื้น  คุกเข่า คำนับ  kuk-kao-long-ao-na-pak-tae-puen

 

kowtow to

PHRV คุกเข่า ให้  โค้ง ตัว ให้  ก้มตัว ให้  kuk-kao-hai

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KOWTOW

KOWTOW Kow *tow ", n. & v. i.

 

Defn: The same as Kotow. I have salaamed and kowtowed to him. H. James.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

kowtow

kow tow |ˈkouˈtou ˈˌkaʊˈˌtaʊ | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 act in an excessively subservient manner: she didn't have to kowtow to a boss. 2 historical kneel and touch the ground with the forehead in worship or submission as part of Chinese custom. ▶noun historical an act of kowtowing as part of Chinese custom. DERIVATIVES kow tow er noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Chinese kētóu, from kē ‘knock ’ + tóu ‘head. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

kowtow

kowtow |kaʊˈtaʊ | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 act in an excessively subservient manner: she didn't have to kowtow to a boss. 2 historical kneel and touch the ground with the forehead in worship or submission as part of Chinese custom. ▶noun historical an act of kowtowing as part of Chinese custom. DERIVATIVES kowtower noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Chinese kētóu, from kē ‘knock ’ + tóu ‘head ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

kowtow

kowtow verb 1 they kowtowed to the emperor: prostrate oneself before, bow (down ) to / before, genuflect to /before, do /make obeisance to /before, fall on one's knees before, kneel before. 2 she didn't have to kowtow to a boss: grovel to, be obsequious to, be servile to, be sycophantic to, fawn over /on, cringe to, bow and scrape to, toady to, truckle to, abase oneself before, humble oneself to; curry favor with, dance attendance on, ingratiate oneself with, suck up to, kiss up to, brown-nose, lick someone's boots.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

kowtow

kowtow verb 1 they kowtow to her in awe and reverence: prostrate oneself, bow, bow down before, genuflect, do /make obeisance, fall on one's knees before, get down on one's knees before, kneel before; salaam, throw oneself at someone's feet, fall down before someone, curtsy, bow and scrape; pay homage, show reverence, show deference, humble oneself before someone, worship. 2 she didn't have to kowtow to a boss: grovel, behave obsequiously, be obsequious, be servile, be sycophantic, fawn on, bow and scrape, toady, truckle, abase oneself, humble oneself, prostrate oneself; curry favour with, flatter, court, woo, dance attendance on, make up to, play up to, ingratiate oneself with; informal crawl, creep, suck up to, butter up, be all over, fall all over, lick someone's boots; N. Amer. informal brown-nose; Austral. /NZ informal smoodge to; archaic blandish.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

kowtow

kow tow ko tow /kòʊtóʊ |kə̀ʊtáʊ /〖＜中国 〗動詞 自動詞 1 ｟くだけて 否定的に ｠【人に 】へつらう, 媚 （こび ）を売る «to » , «…に » 盲従する «to » .2 «…に » 叩頭 （こうとう ）の礼を行う «to » 〘崇拝 服従を示す中国式の礼; ひざまずいて頭を地にふれる 〙.名詞 C 叩頭 (の礼 ).