尾 (mei5 | wei3 yi3) : tail; rear; end; remnant

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尾

mei5

wei3 yi3

[粵] mei5 | [國] wei3
[1] tail; rear; tail-like part
[2] end; remnant; remaining part
[3] classifier for fish

[粵] mei5 | [國] yi3
[1] hairs on a horse's tail
[2] spikelets on a cricket's tail

[antonym] 頭, 首

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Stroke count: 7

Level: 1

Radical: 尸 (#44)

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

尾

This word has been viewed 10960 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Oct 2013 06:20

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最尾 zeoi3 mei5*1 zui4 wei3 = final; last place

禮拜尾 lai5 baai3 mei5 = weekend 粵

星期尾 sing1 kei4 mei5 = weekend 粵

月尾 jyut6 mei5*1 = end of the month 粵

年尾 nin4 mei5 = the end of the year, year-end 粵

後尾 hau6*1 mei5*1 hou4 wei3 = later, afterwards; end, hindmost 粵

船尾 syun4 mei5 chuan2 wei3 = stern

尾音 mei5 jam1 = sentence final particles; ending sound of the last syllable of a word

車尾燈 ce1 mei5 dang1 = taillights (of a car/vehicle)

車尾箱 ce1 mei5 soeng1 = trunk; boot (of a car)
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Showing all 9 examples containing 尾

個差人喺車尾廂搵到個屍體粵
The policeman found the body in the car's trunk.
[Lit. [counter] policeman at car-trunk find-arrive [counter] dead-body In this example, 喺車尾廂 cannot go at the end of the sentence. (Why?)]

月尾之前所有借讀嘅書籍必須歸還圖書館。粵
All books are to be returned to the library before the end of the month.

基本上間屋布置好咗，剩番啲頭頭尾尾啫粵
The house is basically well-decorated. What remains to be done are just some odds and ends.

佢老婆起佢尾注擸晒啲錢跟佬走咗粵
His wife took all his money and eloped with another man already.

佢一個屈尾十就走咗粵
He just turned around and he walked away.

我眼尾有好多條魚尾紋粵
I have a lot of crow's feet(wrinkles) at the corner of my eyes.

我眼尾見到有人喺門口行過粵
I saw someone walked passed the door out from the corner of my eyes

呢個係一個開頭光芒芒，後尾黑壓壓嘅故事粵
This is a story that starts out innocently but ends up being very dark.
[Lit. this [counter] is one [counter] start bright, end dark [possessive particle] story]

四月尾忽然間落場大雪，真係「未食五月粽，寒衣唔入籠」！粵
It suddenly snowed during the end of April. "Until it's time to eat Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, don't put away your warm clothes," as they say!
[未食五月粽寒衣唔入籠 is a Cantonese saying. There are variations used by Mandarin and other dialects.]

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