追 zhuī
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
追尾
zhuīwěi
to rear-end; a rear-end collision
Characters in this word
尾 wěi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 尸 — body, corpse
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 雨天路滑，货车刹车不及，在高架入口处追尾了一辆出租车。 Yǔtiān lù huá, huòchē shāchē bù jí, zài gāojià rùkǒu chù zhuīwěi le yí liàng chūzūchē. The road was slippery in the rain, and the lorry failed to brake in time, rear-ending a taxi at the flyover entrance.
- 他开车时看手机，一下就追尾了前面的出租车。 Tā kāichē shí kàn shǒujī, yíxià jiù zhuīwěi le qiánmiàn de chūzūchē. He was looking at his phone while driving and rear-ended the taxi ahead in a moment.
- 在高速公路上要保持车距，以免追尾。 Zài gāosù gōnglù shang yào bǎochí chējù, yǐmiǎn zhuīwěi. On the motorway you should keep a safe distance so you don't rear-end the car in front.
Related words
- 追 zhuī to chase
- 追求 zhuīqiú to pursue
- 追究 zhuījiū to investigate, to look into
- 追悼 zhuīdào to mourn; to hold a memorial for
- 追赶 zhuīgǎn to chase; to catch up with
- 追捧 zhuīpěng to pursue and praise enthusiastically; to hype
- 追溯 zhuīsù to trace back; to investigate the source
- 追随 zhuīsuí to follow; to go along with
- 追问 zhuīwèn to question closely; to press for an answer
- 追逐 zhuīzhú to chase; to pursue
- 追踪 zhuīzōng to track; to follow up
- 尾巴 wěiba tail