Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 谒

to visit (a superior)

to pay homage at a mausoleum

to pay one's respects
to visit (ancestral grave)

(literary) to seek an audience with sb in power (to solicit favor)

to visit (esp. one's superiors)

to visit
to pay one's respects to (a revered figure etc)
to pay homage (at a tomb etc)

to pay a visit to

to pay a formal visit
to call to pay respects
to pay homage (at a monument, mausoleum etc)