追 (zeoi1 | zhui1) : chase; seek

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追

zeoi1

zhui1

[1] chase; run after; pursue
[2] seek; go after; hunt for
[3] court (a female); woo; chase after
[4] trace; look into; get to the bottom of
[5] recall; think back; do sth retroactively

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: (#162)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

追

This word has been viewed 10341 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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追趕 zeoi1 gon2 zhui1 gan3 = to chase after; to pursue

追究 zeoi1 gau3 zhui1 jiu4 (Taiwan), zhui1 jiu1 (PRC) = to investigate; to look into

追求 zeoi1 kau4 zhui1 qiu2 = to pursue; to seek (a goal etc.)

追查 zeoi1 caa4 zhui1 cha2 = to investigate; to track down

追悼 zeoi1 dou6 zhui1 dao4 = mourning; memorial (service)

追問 zeoi1 man6 zhui1 wen4 = to interrogate

追尋 zeoi1 cam4 zhui1 xun2 = to seek, pursue

追蹤 zeoi1 zung1 zhui1 zong1 = to track something; to trace; to pursue; to follow a trail

追逐 zeoi1 zuk6 zhui1 zhu2 = to chase

追到 zeoi1 dou3*2/dou3 zhui1 dao4 = catch up with; gain on; forereach

追數 zeoi1 sou3 zhui1 shu4 = collect; exact; to chase after a debt

追月 zeoi1 jyut6*2 zhui1 yue4 = the day after the full moon at Mid-Autumn Festival

追到瘦 zeoi1 dou3 sau3 = to bother desparately

追蹤報導 zeoi1 zung1 bou3 dou6 zhui1 zong1 bao4 dao3 = [n] investigative report

追賊 zeoi1 caak6 zhui1 zei2 = chasing a suspect; chasing a robber

追債 zeoi1 zaai3 zhui1 zhai4 = to debt collect

追女仔 zeoi1 neoi5 zai2 = to pick up girls 粵

追隨 zeoi1 ceoi4 zhui1 sui2 = to follow; to accompany

追上 zeoi1 soeng5 zhui1 shang4 = to catch up

追思 zeoi1 si1 zhui1 si1 = memorial; recollection (of the deceased)

追溯 zeoi1 sou3 zhui1 su4 = to trace or trace back to; to date from

追記 zeoi1 gei3 zhui1 ji4 = write an account based on recollection

追憶 zeoi1 jik1 zhui1 yi4 = recollect, recall, look back

追蹤器 zeoi1 zung1 hei3 zhui1 zong1 qi4 = tracking device

追緝 zeoi1 cap1 zhui1 ji1 [普] zhui1 qi4 [國] = pursue and capture a criminal

追劇 zeoi1 kek6 zhui1 ju4 = to follow a TV series 粵

一言既出駟馬難追 jat1 jin4 gei3 ceot1 si3 maa5 naan4 zeoi1 yi4 yan2 ji4 chu1 si4 ma3 nan2 zhui1 = it is difficult to take back a promise

追訪 zeoi1 fong2 zhui1 fang3 = to pursue for interview; to chase sb. down for an interview

追擊 zeoi1 gik1 zhui1 ji1 = to pursue and attack

追兵 zeoi1 bing1 zhui1 bing1 = a pursuing army; soldiers in pursuit

窮追不捨 kung4 zeoi1 bat1 se2 qiong2 zhui1 bu4 she3 = relentlessly pursue; be in hot pursuit of

追殺 zeoi1 saat3 zhui1 sha1 = chase and kill

追思會 zeoi1 si1 wui6*2 zhui1 si1 hui4 = memorial service

追思禮拜 zeoi1 si1 lai5 baai3 zhui1 si1 li3 bai4 = memorial service

乘勝追擊 sing4 sing3 zeoi1 gik1 cheng2 sheng4 zhui1 ji1 (PRC) ji2 (TW) = take advantage of one's victory to pursue and attack one's enemy

窮寇莫追 kung4 kau3 mok6 zeoi1 qiong2 kou4 mo4 zhui1 = never corner a defeated enemy

追星族 zeoi1 sing1 zuk6 zhui1 xing1 zu2 = groupie

窮追猛打 kung4 zeoi1 maang5 daa2 qiong2 zhui1 meng3 da3 = to vigorously pursue and fiercely attack

窮追 kung4 zeoi1 qiong2 zhui1 = to be in hot pursuit; to vigorously pursue

追尾 zeoi1 mei5 zhui1 wei3 = rear-end collision of vehicle; to tailgate, to follow too closely to front car

Showing all 3 examples containing 追

唔好追佢啦！粵
Don't chase him!
[Here, the guy is actually running away.]

佢咁醜，梗係追唔到女仔啦! 粵
He's so ugly, of course he can't get a girl(friend)!

被你這樣咄咄逼人地追問，他就更慌了！國
With your forceful interrogation, he became even more nervous.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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