zhuī

Traditional: 追

#1134 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to chase, to pursue, to court

Word origin

A compound of the walk radical with a component suggesting following a trail. It means to chase or pursue.

Origin
compound
Root
辶 (walk) + 𠂤 (component)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 追

Examples

The dog is chasing that cat.

He is courting a girl.

The police caught up with the thief.

He pressed with several questions.

We must catch up on time.

追 (zhuī) means to chase, to pursue, and colloquially to court someone. 追求 extends it to pursuing goals or romance.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 追.

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This word is part of lesson 23.