追
尾

To tailgate in Chinese: 追尾 (zhuī wěi)

zhuī wěi

to tailgate

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to tailgate
  2. 2to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating

Stroke order

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追
尾

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄨㄟ

zhuī

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

ㄨㄟˇ

wěi

ㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 他开车时不小心追尾了前面的车。

    tā kāi chē shí bù xiǎo xīn zhuī wěi le qián miàn de chē。

    While driving, he carelessly rear-ended the car in front.

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Related words

追

zhuī

to chase

尾巴

wěi ba

tail

追求

zhuī qiú

to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly

追究

zhuī jiū

to investigate

结尾

jié wěi

ending

尾气

wěi qì

exhaust

尾声

wěi shēng

coda

追赶

zhuī gǎn

to pursue

追溯

zhuī sù

lit. to go upstream

追随

zhuī suí

to follow

追问

zhuī wèn

to question closely

追逐

zhuī zhú

to chase

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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