to bow to; to pay one's respects, (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion), to make a courtesy call, (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony, to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc), (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
branch of study, administrative section, division, field, branch, stage directions, family (taxonomy), rules, laws, to mete out (punishment), to levy (taxes etc), to fine sb, CL:個|个[ge4]
(bound form) base; foundation, (bound form) radical (chemistry), (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)