Chinese Word: 尾 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

尾Polyphone (多音字)HSK 5

Antonyms: 头首

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 尸

Ideographic:A furry 毛 tail behind a body 尸

Character Formation:

⿸ Surround from upper left
- 尸 [ shī ] body, corpse
- 毛 [ máo ] hair, fur, feathers; coarse

Similar Characters: 屉

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Pinyin: wěi

English Definition:tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish

Chinese Definition:
①鸟兽虫鱼等身体末端突出的部分：尾巴。尾鳍。鸟尾。
②末端：排尾。船尾。尾声。尾骨。尾灯。尾数。尾音。结尾。扫尾。虎头蛇尾。
③在后面跟：尾随。尾追。
④量词，指鱼：三尾鱼。
⑤星名，二十八宿之一。
⑥头首。

Example Words:

尾巴HSK 5	wěi ba	tail; colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]
尾声	wěi shēng	coda; epilogue; end
尾气	wěi qì	exhaust (i.e. waste gas from engine); emissions
结尾	jié wěi	ending; coda; to wind up
尾随	wěi suí	to tail behind; to tag along; to follow on the heels of

Pinyin: yǐ

English Definition:horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Chinese Definition:
①特指马尾(w噄)巴上的毛：马尾罗。马尾儿提豆腐―提溜不起来。
②特指蟋蟀等尾部的针状物：三尾儿(雌蟋蟀)。
③头首。

Example Words:

	尾巴HSK 5	yǐ ba	(coll.) tail (of an animal)
	全须全尾儿	quán xū quán yǐ r	(Beijing dialect) intact; in one piece

1		hú li 狐狸 de 的 yǐ ba 尾巴 hěn cháng 很长。 The fox has a very long tail.
2		nà ge 那个 gōng shǒu 弓手 zhǎng wò 掌握 zhe 着 jiàn 箭 de 的 wěi bù 尾部。 The archer held the tail of the arrow.
3		zhè 这 zhǐ 只 māo 猫 bǎ 把 yǐ ba 尾巴 shù 竖 qi lai 起来 le 了。 The cat has its tail up.
4		lǎo hǔ 老虎 de 的 wěi ba 尾巴 kě yǐ 可以 yòng lái 用来 píng héng 平衡 shēn tǐ 身体。 The tiger uses its tail to balance its body.
5		tā 她 hē 喝 le 了 tài duō 太多 de 的 jī wěi jiǔ 鸡尾酒， jié guǒ 结果 yǒu diǎn 有点 yūn 晕。 She had too many cocktails and ended up feeling dizzy.

1		hú li 狐狸 de 的 yǐ ba 尾巴 hěn cháng 很长。 The fox has a very long tail.
2		nà ge 那个 gōng shǒu 弓手 zhǎng wò 掌握 zhe 着 jiàn 箭 de 的 wěi bù 尾部。 The archer held the tail of the arrow.
3		zhè 这 zhǐ 只 māo 猫 bǎ 把 yǐ ba 尾巴 shù 竖 qi lai 起来 le 了。 The cat has its tail up.
4		lǎo hǔ 老虎 de 的 wěi ba 尾巴 kě yǐ 可以 yòng lái 用来 píng héng 平衡 shēn tǐ 身体。 The tiger uses its tail to balance its body.
5		tā 她 hē 喝 le 了 tài duō 太多 de 的 jī wěi jiǔ 鸡尾酒， jié guǒ 结果 yǒu diǎn 有点 yūn 晕。 She had too many cocktails and ended up feeling dizzy.