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逐

zhú

HSK 5 Character

What 逐 means

1. bound formto pursue; to chase; to drive away
2. one by one; individually

Example sentences

• 他被逐出了学校。
  Tā bèi zhúchū le xuéxiào.
  He was expelled from school.
• 天气逐渐回暖了。
  Tiānqì zhújiàn huínuǎn le.
  It is getting warmer and warmer.
• 病人逐渐康复了。
  The patient got better little by little.
• 她逐字地翻译它。
  She translated it word for word.
• 她逐渐开始明白。
  She gradually began to understand.
• 我父亲逐渐好转了。
  Wǒ fùqin zhújiàn hǎozhuǎn le.
  My father is getting better by degrees.

Words starting with 逐

• 逐渐zhú jiàngradually
• 逐步zhú bùprogressively; step by step
• 逐年zhú niányear after year; with each passing year; over the years
• 逐一zhú yīone by one
• 逐出zhú chūto expel; to evict; to drive out
• 逐日zhú rìday-by-day; daily; on a daily basis
• 逐个zhú gèone by one; one after another
• 逐月zhú yuèmonth-by-month; monthly; on a monthly basis
• 逐次zhú cìgradually; one after another; little by little
• 逐水zhú shuǐto relieve oedema through purging or diuresis (Chinese medicine)
• 逐行zhú hángline by line (translation, scanning etc); progressive
• 逐走zhú zǒuto turn away; to drive away
• 逐退zhú tuìto drive back (attackers)
• 逐客令zhú kè lìngthe First Emperor's order to expel foreigners; (fig.) notice to leave…
• 逐梦zhú mèngto chase a dream; to pursue one's dreams
• 逐字逐句zhú zì zhú jùliteral; word for word; word by word and phrase by phrase
• 逐行扫描zhú háng sǎo miáoline by line scanning; progressive scanning
• 逐鹿zhú lùto pursue deer; fig. to vie for supremacy
• 逐鹿中原zhú lù Zhōng yuánlit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom); fig. to attempt to seize the throne

Words containing 逐

• 驱逐qū zhúto expel; to deport; banishment
• 追逐zhuī zhúto chase; to pursue vigorously
• 角逐jué zhúto tussle; to contend; to contest
• 放逐fàng zhúto banish; to deport; to send into exile
• 随波逐流suí bō zhú liúto drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
• 驱逐舰qū zhú jiàndestroyer (warship)
• 笑逐颜开xiào zhú yán kāismile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure; all smiles…
• 竞逐jìng zhúcompetition; to compete; to pursue
• 追逐赛zhuī zhú sàipursuit race; chase
• 下逐客令xià zhú kè lìngto ask sb to leave; to show sb the door; to give a tenant notice to leave
• 追亡逐北zhuī wáng zhú běito pursue and attack a fleeing enemy
• 追名逐利zhuī míng zhú lì(idiom) to seek fame and wealth
• 追风逐电zhuī fēng zhú diànproceeding at a tremendous pace; getting on like a house on fire
• 驱逐令qū zhú lìngbanishment order; expulsion warrant
• 驱逐出境qū zhú chū jìngto deport; to expel
• 舍本逐末shě běn zhú mòto neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom); to neglect fundamentals and concentrate…
• 劣币驱逐良币liè bì qū zhú liáng bìbad money drives out good money (economics)
• 群雄逐鹿qún xióng zhú lùgreat heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom); fig. many vie for supremacy
• 如蝇逐臭rú yíng zhú chòulike flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful…
• 追奔逐北zhuī bēn zhú běisee 追亡逐北

Characters that look like 逐

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

• 适shìto fit; suitable; proper
• 迷míto bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 迹jì(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī
• 逝shì(of flowing water or time) to pass by; to pass away; to die
• 逅hòuused in 邂逅
• 掇duōto pick up; to collect; to gather up

Sounds the same

Read zhú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 竹(bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
• 烛candle; (literary) to illuminate
• 术various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including…
• 蠋caterpillar
• 躅used in 踯躅
• 窋in a hole
• 舳poopdeck; stern of boat
• ⺮"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
• 瘃chilblain
• 蓫(weed); Phytolacca acinosa
• 竺surname Zhu; abbr. for 天竺; (archaic) Buddhism
• 爥old variant of 烛