congee
/หkษndสiห/IPA: /K AH0 N JH IY0/
- 1
Leave, formal permission for some action, :
- 2
Formal dismissal; any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
- 3
Formal leavetaking; any farewell.
- 4
A fee paid to make another go away, alms to a persistent beggar.
- 5
A bow, curtsey, or other gesture made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.
- 1
To give congee, (particularly)
- 2
To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
- 3
To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.
- 1
A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.
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