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Usage of the character 追

duī
[追]
  • to sculpt
  • to carve
  • musical instrument (old)
zhuī
[追]
  • to chase
  • to pursue
  • to look into
  • to investigate
  • to reminisce
  • to recall
  • to court (one's beloved)
  • to binge-watch (a TV drama)
  • retroactively
  • posthumously
zhuīhuái
追怀
[追懷]
  • to recall
  • to bring to mind
  • to reminisce
zhuījiū
追究
[追究]
  • to investigate
  • to look into
zhuīgǎn
追赶
[追趕]
  • to pursue
  • to chase after
  • to accelerate
  • to catch up with
  • to overtake
zhuīniàn
追念
[追念]
  • to recollect
zhuīsù
追溯
[追溯]
  • lit. to go upstream
  • to trace sth back to
  • to date from
zhuīzèng
追赠
[追贈]
  • to give to the departed
  • to confer (a title) posthumously
zhuīqiú
追求
[追求]
  • to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly
  • to seek after
  • to woo
zhuīsuí
追随
[追隨]
  • to follow
  • to accompany
zhuīwěi
追尾
[追尾]
  • to tailgate
  • to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
zhuīrèn
追认
[追認]
  • to recognize sth after the event
  • posthumous recognition
  • to ratify
  • to endorse retroactively
zhuīhuán
追还
[追還]
  • to recover (lost property or money)
  • to win back
jǐnzhuī
紧追
[緊追]
  • to pursue closely
zhuīsuǒ
追索
[追索]
  • to demand payment
  • to extort
  • to trace
  • to seek
  • to pursue
  • to explore
zhuīwèn
追问
[追問]
  • to question closely
  • to investigate in detail
  • to examine minutely
  • to get to the heart of the matter
zhuījiā
追加
[追加]
  • to add something extra
  • an additional increment
  • addendum
  • to append
  • an additional posthumous title
zhuīchá
追查
[追查]
  • to try to find out; to trace; to track down
zhuīshàng
追上
[追上]
  • to overtake
zhuīkè
追客
[追客]
  • avid fan who anxiously awaits new content
zhuīzūn
追尊
[追尊]
  • posthumous honorific name
zhuījī
追击
[追擊]
  • to pursue and attack
zhuībǔ
追捕
[追捕]
  • to pursue
  • to be after
  • to hunt down
zhuīxīn
追新
[追新]
  • to seek out the new (e.g. the latest tech products)
zhuīsī
追思
[追思]
  • memorial
  • recollection (of the deceased)
zhuībǐ
追比
[追比]
  • to flog
  • to cane (as punishment)
zhuījiàn
追荐
[追薦]
  • to pray for the soul of a deceased
zhuīgòu
追购
[追購]
  • a bounty
  • a reward for capturing an outlaw
zhuīzhú
追逐
[追逐]
  • to chase
  • to pursue vigorously
zhuībī
追逼
[追逼]
  • to pursue closely
  • to press
  • to demand (payment)
  • to extort (a concession)
zhuīhuí
追回
[追回]
  • to recover (sth lost or stolen)
  • to get back
zhuīsù
追诉
[追訴]
  • to prosecute
  • given leave to sue
zhuījī
追缉
[追緝]
  • to pursue
  • to be after
  • to hunt down (the perpetrator of a crime, an escaped prisoner etc)
zhuīlóng
追龙
[追龍]
  • (slang) to inhale the vapor from heroin heated on a piece of aluminum foil; to chase the dragon
zhuīxīng
追星
[追星]
  • to idolize a celebrity
zhuījiǎo
追剿
[追剿]
  • to pursue and eliminate
  • to suppress
zhuībǔ
追补
[追補]
  • a supplement
  • additional budget
zhuīdǎ
追打
[追打]
  • to chase and beat
zhuīxún
追询
[追詢]
  • to interrogate
  • to question closely
zhuīfēng
追封
[追封]
  • to confer a posthumous title
zhuīshā
追杀
[追殺]
  • to chase to kill
zhuījiǎo
追缴
[追繳]
  • to recover (stolen property)
  • to pursue and force sb to give back the spoils
zhuīshù
追述
[追述]
  • recollections
  • to relate (past events)
zhuīxù
追叙
[追敘]
  • to recount what happened prior to events already known
zhuīxún
追寻
[追尋]
  • to pursue
  • to track down
  • to search
zhuīgēn
追根
[追根]
  • to trace sth back to its source
  • to get to the bottom of sth
zhuīhuǐ
追悔
[追悔]
  • to repent
  • remorse
zhuīdào
追悼
[追悼]
  • to mourn; to pay last respects
zhuījiān
追歼
[追殲]
  • to pursue and kill
  • to wipe out
zhuīguāng
追光
[追光]
  • (theater) spotlight
zhuīxiǎng
追想
[追想]
  • to recall
zhuīzāng
追赃
[追贓]
  • to order the return of stolen goods
zhuīzōng
追踪
[追蹤]
  • to follow a trail
  • to trace
  • to pursue
zhuīpěng
追捧
[追捧]
  • to exhibit great enthusiasm for sb or sth; to embrace
  • favor; acclaim; adulation; high demand
zhuītǎo
追讨
[追討]
  • to demand payment of money owing
zhuīniè
追蹑
[追躡]
  • to follow the trail of
  • to track
  • to trace
zhuījù
追剧
[追劇]
  • to watch a TV series etc regularly
  • to binge-watch
zhuīyì
追忆
[追憶]
  • to recollect
  • to recall (past times)
  • to look back
zhuījì
追记
[追記]
  • to award posthumously
  • to write down afterwards
  • retrospective account
zhuīzé
追责
[追責]
  • to hold accountable
guāngzhuī
光追
[光追]
  • ray tracing (abbr. for 光線追蹤/光线追踪 (guāngxiànzhuīzōng))
zhuīshòu
追授
[追授]
  • to posthumously award
qióngzhuī
穷追
[窮追]
  • to pursue relentlessly
zhuīféi
追肥
[追肥]
  • top soil dressing
  • additional fertilizer
shòuzhuīpěng
受追捧
[受追捧]
  • to be eagerly sought after
zhuīsīhuì
追思会
[追思會]
  • memorial service
  • memorial meeting
zhuīguāngdēng
追光灯
[追光燈]
  • (theater) spotlight
  • followspot
zhuīdàowén
追悼文
[追悼文]
  • eulogy
zhuīsuízhě
追随者
[追隨者]
  • follower
  • adherent
  • following
zhuīdàohuì
追悼会
[追悼會]
  • memorial service
  • funeral service
zhuīzhúsài
追逐赛
[追逐賽]
  • pursuit race
  • chase
zhuīxīngzú
追星族
[追星族]
  • enthusiastic fan
zhuījiājì
追加剂
[追加劑]
  • (Tw) (vaccine) booster dose
  • booster shot
zhuīběnsùyuán
追本溯源
[追本溯源]
  • to trace sth back to its origin
zhuīzōngbàodǎo
追踪报导
[追蹤報導]
  • follow-up report
zhuīgēnwèndǐ
追根问底
[追根問底]
  • lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
shènzhōngzhuīyuǎn
慎终追远
[慎終追遠]
  • to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites
chéngshèngzhuījī
乘胜追击
[乘勝追擊]
  • to follow up a victory and press home the attack
  • to pursue retreating enemy
fènqǐzhízhuī
奋起直追
[奮起直追]
  • to catch up vigorously
  • to set off in hot pursuit
zhuīgēnxúndǐ
追根寻底
[追根尋底]
  • see 追根究底 (zhuīgēnjiūdǐ)
zhuīzōngdiàochá
追踪调查
[追蹤調查]
  • follow-up study
  • investigative follow-up
zhuīzōnghàomǎ
追踪号码
[追蹤號碼]
  • tracking number (of a package shipment)
zhuīfēngzhúdiàn
追风逐电
[追風逐電]
  • proceeding at a tremendous pace
  • getting on like a house on fire
guāngxiànzhuīzōng
光线追踪
[光線追蹤]
  • (computing) ray tracing
zhuīgēnsùyuán
追根溯源
[追根溯源]
  • to pursue sth back to its origins
  • to trace back to the source
  • to get to the bottom of sth
zhuīhuǐmòjí
追悔莫及
[追悔莫及]
  • too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
zhuīgēnqiúyuán
追根求源
[追根求源]
  • to track sth to its roots
zhuīgēnjiūdǐ
追根究底
[追根究底]
  • to get to the heart of the matter
qióngzhuībùshě
穷追不舍
[窮追不捨]
  • to pursue relentlessly
zhuīsùshíxiào
追诉时效
[追訴時效]
  • (law) period during which one can prosecute or sue sb (as stipulated by a statute of limitations)
zhuīwángzhúběi
追亡逐北
[追亡逐北]
  • to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy
zhuīběnqióngyuán
追本穷源
[追本窮源]
  • see 追本溯源 (zhuīběnsùyuán)
nǐzhuīwǒgǎn
你追我赶
[你追我趕]
  • friendly one-upmanship
  • to try to emulate
mǎixiàozhuīhuān
买笑追欢
[買笑追歡]
  • lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness
  • abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)
zhuībēnzhúběi
追奔逐北
[追奔逐北]
  • to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy
zhuīgēnjiūdǐr
追根究底儿
[追根究底兒]
  • erhua variant of 追根究底 (zhuīgēnjiūdǐ)
Zhuīxún Xiàndài Zhōngguó
追寻现代中国
[追尋現代中國]
  • In Search of Modern China by Jonathan D Spence 史景遷/史景迁 ( Shǐ Jǐngqiān)
yīyánjìchū,sìmǎnánzhuī
一言既出,驷马难追
[一言既出,駟馬難追]
  • lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
jūnzǐyīyán,sìmǎnánzhuī
君子一言,驷马难追
[君子一言,駟馬難追]
  • a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)