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追

zhuī

HSK 5 Character

What 追 means

1. to chase
2. to pursue
3. to look into
4. to investigate
5. to reminisce
6. to recall
7. to court (one's beloved)
8. to binge-watch (a TV drama)
9. retroactively
10. posthumously

Other readings

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

• duīto sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old)

Example sentences

• 狗追兔子。
  The dog chased the rabbit.
• 我们追着猫。
  We ran after the cat.
• 追随你的梦想。
  Zhuīsuí nǐ de mèngxiǎng.
  Follow your dreams.
• 我尽力追赶他。
  Wǒ jìnlì zhuīgǎn tā.
  I ran as fast as possible to catch up with him.
• 他们追了我们。
  They ran after us.
• 他在追一颗球。
  He is running after a ball.

Words starting with 追

• 追求zhuī qiúto pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
• 追究zhuī jiūto investigate; to look into
• 追悼zhuī dàoto mourn; to pay last respects
• 追问zhuī wènto question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely
• 追踪zhuī zōngto track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media)
• 追逐zhuī zhúto chase; to pursue vigorously
• 追上zhuī shàngto overtake
• 追赶zhuī gǎnto pursue; to chase after; to accelerate
• 追随zhuī suíto follow; to accompany
• 追寻zhuī xúnto pursue; to track down; to search
• 追查zhuī cháto try to find out; to trace; to track down
• 追忆zhuī yìto recollect; to recall (past times); to look back
• 追捕zhuī bǔto pursue; to be after; to hunt down
• 追杀zhuī shāto chase to kill
• 追击zhuī jīto pursue and attack
• 追悼会zhuī dào huìmemorial service; funeral service
• 追加zhuī jiāto add something extra; an additional increment; addendum
• 追溯zhuī sùlit. to go upstream; to trace sth back to; to date from
• 追随者zhuī suí zhěfollower; adherent; following
• 追星族zhuī xīng zúpassionate fan (of a celebrity); stan
• 追思zhuī sīmemorial; recollection (of the deceased)
• 追打zhuī dǎto chase and beat
• 追尾zhuī wěito tailgate; to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
• 追讨zhuī tǎoto demand payment of money owing

Words containing 追

• 紧追jǐn zhuīto pursue closely
• 穷追不舍qióng zhuī bù shěto pursue relentlessly
• 光追guāng zhuīray tracing (abbr. for 光线追踪
• 穷追qióng zhuīto pursue relentlessly
• 买笑追欢mǎi xiào zhuī huānlit. to buy smiles to seek happiness; abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh…
• 光线追踪guāng xiàn zhuī zōng(computing) ray tracing
• 乘胜追击chéng shèng zhuī jīto follow up a victory and press home the attack; to pursue retreating enemy
• 你追我赶nǐ zhuī wǒ gǎnfriendly one-upmanship; to try to emulate
• 奋起直追fèn qǐ zhí zhuīto catch up vigorously; to set off in hot pursuit
• 慎终追远shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎnto pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites
• 受追捧shòu zhuī pěngto be eagerly sought after
• 一言既出，驷马难追yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuīlit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
• 君子一言，驷马难追jūn zǐ yī yán , sì mǎ nán zhuīa nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)

Characters that look like 追

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

• 适shìto fit; suitable; proper
• 速sùfast; rapid; quick
• 途túway; route; road
• 递dìto hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
• 逍xiāoused in 逍遥
• 迢tiáoremote

Sounds the same

Read zhuī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 椎(bound form) vertebra
• 锥cone; awl; to bore
• 骓(literary) piebald horse
• 隹short-tailed bird
• 鵻snipe; turtle-dove