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尾

wěi

HSK 5 Character

What 尾 means

1. tail
2. remainder
3. remnant
4. extremity
5. sixth of the 28 constellations
6. classifier for fish

Other readings

尾 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yǐhorse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Example sentences

• 小狗摆着尾巴。
  The dog was wagging his tail.
• 汤姆绑着马尾。
  Tom has a ponytail.
• 会议接近了尾声。
  Huìyì jiējìn le wěishēng.
  The meeting has almost ended.
• 有没有尾巴的猫。
  There are cats without tails.
• 他为无尾熊拍照。
  He took a picture of the koala.
• 无尾熊没有肚脐。
  Koala bears do not have belly buttons.

Words starting with 尾

• 尾巴wěi batail; colloquial pr. yǐ ba
• 尾声wěi shēngcoda; epilogue; end
• 尾随wěi suíto tail behind; to tag along; to follow on the heels of
• 尾部wěi bùback part; rear section; tail section
• 尾气wěi qìexhaust; emissions
• 尾音wěi yīnfinal sound of a syllable; rhyme (e.g. in European languages)
• 尾子wěi zitail; end; small change
• 尾击wěi jīattack from the rear
• 尾数wěi shùremainder (after rounding a number); decimal part (of number after the decimal point)…
• 尾期wěi qīfinal period; the end (of a term); the close
• 尾款wěi kuǎnbalance (money remaining due)
• 尾水wěi shuǐtailwater; outflow (from mill or power plant)
• 尾流wěi liúwake (trailing behind a ship, airplane etc); slipstream
• 尾灯wěi dēngtail light (on vehicle)
• 尾牙wěi yáa year-end dinner for employees
• 尾班wěi bānlast service (of train, bus, boat etc)
• 尾生Wěi ShēngWei Sheng…
• 尾矿wěi kuàngmining waste; waste remaining after processing ore; tailings
• 尾号wěi hàolast digit (or last few digits) of a phone number, license plate number etc
• 尾注wěi zhùendnote
• 尾页wěi yèlast page
• 尾骨wěi gǔcoccyx; tailbone
• 尾张国Wěi zhāng guóOwari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi…
• 尾矿库wěi kuàng kùslag heap; dump of mining waste

Words containing 尾

• 结尾jié wěiending; coda; to wind up
• 从头到尾cóng tóu dào wěifrom start to finish; from head to tail; the whole (thing)
• 末尾mò wěiend; tip; extremity
• 鸡尾酒jī wěi jiǔ(calque) cocktail
• 马尾mǎ wěiponytail (hairstyle); horse's tail; slender fibers like horse's tail…
• 彻头彻尾chè tóu chè wěilit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing; through and through; out and out
• 收尾shōu wěito wind up; to bring to an end; to finish
• 街头巷尾jiē tóu xiàng wěitop of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
• 首尾shǒu wěihead and tail
• 船尾chuán wěiback end of a ship; aft
• 鱼尾yú wěifishtail
• 追尾zhuī wěito tailgate; to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
• 燕尾服yàn wěi fúswallow-tailed coat; tails
• 长尾cháng wěilong tail
• 阑尾炎lán wěi yánappendicitis (medicine)
• 交尾jiāo wěito copulate (of animals); to mate
• 字尾zì wěisuffix
• 年尾nián wěiend of the year
• 截尾jié wěito dock; to trim (esp. the tail of an animal)
• 扫尾sǎo wěito complete the last stage of work; to round off
• 断尾duàn wěi(zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail; to autotomize its tail…
• 月尾yuè wěiend of the month
• 松尾Sōng wěiMatsuo (Japanese surname and place name)
• 机尾jī wěithe rear (tail) of a plane etc

Characters that look like 尾

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 果guǒfruit; result; resolute
• 采cǎito pick; to pluck; to collect
• 危wēidanger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…
• 尿niàoto urinate; urine
• 羌qiāngmuntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)

Sounds the same

Read wěi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 委to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc)
• 伟big; large; great
• 伪false; fake; forged
• 纬latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 萎to wither; to drop; to decline
• 唯yes
• 苇reed; rush; Phragmites communis
• 玮(reddish jade); precious; rare
• 娓used in 娓娓
• 炜glowing; bright; brilliant
• 猥humble; rustic; plentiful
• 痿atrophy