Initial:wVideo guide
Final(T3):ěiVideo guide
Radical:
Structure:Above left surround
Strokes:
7
Traditional:
尾
Level:
ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.tail
马甩尾赶苍蝇。
The horse switched its tail to drive off the flies.
蛇含其尾表示无穷无尽。
The snake swallowing its tail is a representation of infinity.
尾巴
tail
- 2
n.end
这个节目我从头看到了尾。
I watched the programme from beginning to end.
你能辨认出信尾的签字吗?
Can you make out the signature at the foot of this letter?
我喜欢句尾押韵的诗。
I prefer poems that rhyme.
- 3
n.one of the 28 constellations into which the celestial sphere was divided in ancient Chinese astronomy
- 4
n.remaining part; remnant
这项工程该收尾了。
The remaining part of the project should be accomplished.
这笔买卖已基本做成,现在需要的只是做些扫尾工作。
The deal is nearly completed, and it's just a matter of tying up the remnants.
- 5
measure word(for fish)
我正在跟一个刚刚抓到一尾鱼的岛民聊天。
I was chatting to an islander who had just caught a fish.
synonym
Words and phrases with 尾
- 尾期[word]final phase
- 尾随者[word]follower
- 尾房[word]remaining few houses for sale in a residential quarter
- 尾部[word]caudal region; tail
- 尾闾[word]lower reaches or mouth; sacrum
- 尾子[word]odd amount in addition to the round number; last part
- 尾随[word]tail
- 尾鳍[word]tail fin
- 尾椎[word]caudal vertebra
- 尾大不掉[idiom]the tail is too big to wag
Word usage
- Note"尾" is usually pronounced as "wěi"; when it is pronounced as "yǐ", it is used in spoken language, such as "马尾儿" (the long hair on the tail of a horse).