追
赶

To pursue in Chinese: 追赶 (zhuī gǎn)

zhuī gǎn

to pursue

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 追趕1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to pursue
  2. 2to chase after
  3. 3to accelerate
  4. 4to catch up with
  5. 5to overtake

Stroke order

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追
赶

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄨㄟ

zhuī

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

ㄍㄢˇ

gǎn

ㄍ/ gㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

追赶

Simplified

追趕

Traditional

Example sentences

See 追赶 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 警察在后面追赶那个小偷。

    jǐng chá zài hòu miàn zhuī gǎn nà ge xiǎo tōu。

    The police chased after the thief.

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Related words

赶

gǎn

to overtake

追

zhuī

to chase

赶紧

gǎn jǐn

hurriedly

赶快

gǎn kuài

quickly

追求

zhuī qiú

to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly

赶到

gǎn dào

to hurry (to some place)

赶忙

gǎn máng

to hurry

赶上

gǎn shàng

to keep up with

追究

zhuī jiū

to investigate

赶赴

gǎn fù

to hurry

赶往

gǎn wǎng

to hurry to (somewhere)

追溯

zhuī sù

lit. to go upstream

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