"尾" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 尾 |  wěi | tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾 | yǐ | horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 尾页 | wěi yè | last page | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾巴 | wěi ba | tail / colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾巴 | yǐ ba | (coll.) tail (of an animal) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾声 | wěi shēng | coda / epilogue / end | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾随 | wěi suí | to tail behind / to tag along / to follow on the heels of | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾部 | wěi bù | back part / rear or tail section | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾气 | wěi qì | exhaust (i.e. waste gas from engine) / emissions | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾数 | wěi shù | remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾灯 | wěi dēng | tail light (on vehicle) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾翼 | wěi yì | empennage (of an aircraft) / fletching (of an arrow) / fins (of a missile, rocket etc) / rear spoiler (of a car) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾音 | wěi yīn | final sound of a syllable / rhyme (e.g. in European languages) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾矿 | wěi kuàng | mining waste / waste remaining after processing ore / tailings | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾鳍 | wěi qí | tail or caudal fin | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾骨 | wěi gǔ | coccyx / tailbone | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾柱 | tail tree | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾击 | wěi jī | attack from the rear | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾款 | wěi kuǎn | balance (money remaining due) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾流 | wěi liú | wake (trailing behind a ship, airplane etc) / slipstream | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾期 | wěi qī | final period / the end (of a term) / the close | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾欠 | wěi qiàn | balance due / small balance still to pay / final remaining debt | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾梢 | wěi shāo | the tip / the end / the very end | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾生 | Wěi Shēng | Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters) / sb who keeps to their word no matter what | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾兽 | wěi shòu | tailed | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾水 | wěi shuǐ | tailwater / outflow (from mill or power plant) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾牙 | wěi yá | a year-end dinner for employees | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾蚴 | wěi yòu | tailed larva / Cercaria (microscopic larva of parasitic Miracidium flatworm) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾羽 | wěi yǔ | tail feathers | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾韵 | wěi yùn | rhyme | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾注 | wěi zhù | endnote | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾綴 | wěi zhuì | final syllable | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾椎 | wěi zhuī | coccyx / tailbone | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾缀 | wěi zhuì | (lit.) to follow sb / (linguistics) suffix / ending / (computing) file name extension | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾子 | wěi zi | tail / end / small change / odd sum remaining after large round number | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾料 | yǐ liào | output / withdrawal | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 尾倾 | yǐ qīng | vessel squat / squat | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 尾喷管 | exhaust nozzle | | |
| 尾矿砂 | tailings / mining tailings | | |
| 尾矿库 | wěi kuàng kù | slag heap / dump of mining waste | |
| 尾闾骨 | wěi lu:2 gǔ | coccyx | |
| 尾羽龙 | wěi yǔ lóng | caudipteryx (a feathered dinosaur) | |
| 尾张国 | Wěi zhāng guó | Owari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi prefecture around Nagoya | |
| 尾点鲨 | yǐ diǎn shā | spot-tail shark | |
| 尾矿池 | yǐ kuàng chí | tailings pond | |
| 尾水池 | yǐ shuǐ chí | tailings pond | |
| 尾大不掉 | wěi dà bù diào | large tail obstructs action (idiom) / bottom heavy / fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates | |
| 尾料分析 | tail assay | | |
| 尾气分析 | tail assay | | |
| 尾随监视 | tailing (action) | | |
| 尾随巡逻 | tailing patrol | | |
| 尾水渠道 | wěi shuǐ qú dào | outflow channel | |
| 尾水消退 | yǐ shuǐ xiāo tuì | tail recession | |
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| 结尾 | jié wěi | ending / coda / to wind up | | |
| 马尾 | mǎ wěi | ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants) | | |
| 末尾 | mò wěi | end / tip / extremity | | |
| 收尾 | shōu wěi | to wind up / to bring to an end / to finish | | |
| 首尾 | shǒu wěi | head and tail | | |
| 追尾 | zhuī wěi | to tailgate / to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating | | |
| 片尾 | piàn wěi | end credits (of a movie etc) / ending (of a movie etc) | | |
| 船尾 | chuán wěi | back end of a ship / aft | | |
| 鱼尾 | yú wěi | fishtail | | |
| 鸢尾 | yuān wěi | Iricdaceae, the iris family | | |
| 年尾 | nián wěi | end of the year | | |
| 烂尾 | làn wěi | unfinished / incomplete | | |
| 阑尾 | lán wěi | appendix / vermiform appendix (anatomy) | | |
| 扫尾 | sǎo wěi | to complete the last stage of work / to round off | | |
| 词尾 | cí wěi | suffix | | |
| 交尾 | jiāo wěi | to copulate (of animals) / to mate | | |
| 长尾 | cháng wěi | the long tail | | |
| 磁尾 | cí yǐ | magnetotail / magnétoqueue | | |
| 队尾 | duì wěi | back of the line / last one in line | | |
| 发尾 | fà wěi | hair ends | | |
| 虎尾 | Hǔ wěi | Huwei town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan | | |
| 截尾 | jié wěi | to dock / to trim (esp. the tail of an animal) | | |
| 机尾 | jī wěi | the rear (tail) of a plane etc | | |
| 闾尾 | lu:2 wěi | coccyx | | |
| 汕尾 | Shàn wěi | Shanwei, prefecture-level city in Guangdong | | |
| 煞尾 | shā wěi | to finish off / to wind up | | |
| 甩尾 | shuǎi wěi | drifting (motorsport) | | |
| 松尾 | Sōng wěi | Matsuo (Japanese surname and place name) | | |
| 田尾 | Tián wěi | Tianwei or Tienwei Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan | | |
| 眼尾 | yǎn wěi | outer corner of the eye | | |
| 月尾 | yuè wěi | end of the month | | |
| 韵尾 | yùn wěi | (phonology) coda, the part of a syllable that follows its vocalic nucleus (e.g. "u" in kòu or "n" in běn) | | |
| 语尾 | yǔ wěi | (grammar) suffix | | |
| 字尾 | zì wěi | suffix | | |
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| 鸡尾酒 | jī wěi jiǔ | cocktail (loanword) | |
| 阑尾炎 | lán wěi yán | appendicitis (medicine) | |
| 响尾蛇 | xiǎng wěi shé | rattlesnake | |
| 鱼尾纹 | yú wěi wén | wrinkles of the skin / crow's feet | |
| 燕尾服 | yàn wěi fú | swallow-tailed coat / tails | |
| 鼠尾草 | shǔ wěi cǎo | sage (Salvia officinalis) | |
| 鸢尾花 | yuān wěi huā | iris (family Iridaceae) | |
| 马尾松 | mǎ wěi sōng | Masson pine (Pinus massoniana, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine) | |
| 翘尾巴 | qiào wěi ba | to be cocky | |
| 凤尾鱼 | fèng wěi yú | anchovy | |
| 地磁尾 | geomagnetic tail | | |
| 炮尾环 | breech ring | | |
| 白尾鹲 | bái wěi méng | (bird species of China) white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) | |
| 白尾䴓 | bái wěi shī | (bird species of China) white-tailed nuthatch (Sitta himalayensis) | |
| 白尾鹞 | bái wěi yào | (bird species of China) hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) | |
| 长尾鸭 | cháng wěi yā | (bird species of China) long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) | |
| 叉尾鸥 | chā wěi ōu | (bird species of China) Sabine's gull (Xema sabini) | |
| 船尾座 | Chuán wěi zuò | Puppis (constellation) | |
| 大盘尾 | dà pán wěi | (bird species of China) greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) | |
| 吊车尾 | diào chē wěi | (coll.) lowest-ranking (student, participant etc) / to rank at the bottom of the list / to finish last | |
| 短尾鹱 | duǎn wěi hù | (bird species of China) short-tailed shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) | |
| 方尾鹟 | fāng wěi wēng | (bird species of China) grey-headed canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis) | |
| 龟尾市 | Guī wěi shì | Gumi city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea | |
| 黑卷尾 | hēi juǎn wěi | (bird species of China) black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) | |
| 黑尾鸥 | hēi wěi ōu | (bird species of China) black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris) | |
| 红尾鸫 | hóng wěi dōng | (bird species of China) Naumann's thrush (Turdus naumanni) | |
| 红尾鹲 | hóng wěi méng | (bird species of China) red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) | |
| 灰卷尾 | huī juǎn wěi | (bird species of China) ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) | |
| 虎尾兰 | hǔ wěi lán | snake plant aka mother-in-law's tongue (Dracaena trifasciata) | |
| 虎尾镇 | Hǔ wěi zhèn | Huwei town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan | |
| 夹尾巴 | jiā wěi ba | to have one's tail between one's legs | |
| 接尾词 | jiē wěi cí | suffix (in Japanese and Korean grammar) | |
| 节尾猴 | jié wěi hóu | Goeldi's | |
| 级联尾 | jí lián yǐ | cascade tail | |
| 九尾龟 | jiǔ wěi guī | nine-tailed turtle of mythology / The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆 | |
| 九尾狐 | jiǔ wěi hú | nine-tailed fox (mythological creature) | |
| 鸡尾锯 | jī wěi jù | keyhole saw / pad saw | |
| 卷尾猴 | juàn wěi hóu | White-headed | |
| 卷尾猴 | juǎn wěi hóu | white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus) | |
| 巨蛇尾 | jù shé wěi | (astronomy) Serpens Cauda | |
| 空尾蜥 | kōng wěi xī | Coelurosauravus | |
| 留尾巴 | liú wěi ba | to leave loose ends / to leave matters unresolved | |
| 马尾辫 | mǎ wěi biàn | ponytail | |
| 马尾港 | Mǎ wěi gǎng | Mawei harbor, the harbor of Fuzhou city | |
| 马尾区 | Mǎ wěi qū | Mawei district of Fuzhou city 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 shi4], Fujian | |
| 马尾水 | Mǎ wěi shuǐ | Mawei river through Fuzhou city | |
| 鸟尾蛤 | niǎo wěi gé | cockle (mollusk of the family Cardiidae) | |
| 汕尾市 | Shàn wěi shì | Shanwei, prefecture-level city in Guangdong province | |
| 狮尾狒 | shī wěi fèi | gelada (Theropithecus gelada), Ethiopian herbivorous monkey similar to baboon / also written 吉爾達|吉尔达[ji2 er3 da2] | |
| 首尾音 | shǒu wěi yīn | onset and rime | |
| 收尾音 | shōu wěi yīn | the final of a Korean syllable (consonant or consonant cluster at the end of the syllable) | |
| 双马尾 | shuāng mǎ wěi | (hairstyle) unplaited pigtails / twin ponytails / bunches | |
| 田尾乡 | Tián wěi xiāng | Tianwei or Tienwei Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan | |
| 拖尾巴 | tuō wěi ba | to obstruct / to be a drag on sb / to delay finishing off a job | |
| 无尾熊 | wú wěi xióng | koala | |
| 无尾猿 | wú wěi yuán | ape | |
| 线尾燕 | xiàn wěi yàn | (bird species of China) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) | |
| 小盘尾 | xiǎo pán wěi | (bird species of China) lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer) | |
| 小燕尾 | xiǎo yàn wěi | (bird species of China) little forktail (Enicurus scouleri) | |
| 楔尾鸥 | xiē wěi ōu | (bird species of China) Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea) | |
| 细尾獴 | xì wěi měng | meerkat / see 狐獴[hu2 meng3] | |
| 燕尾蝶 | yān wěi dié | swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae) | |
| 曳尾鹱 | yè wěi hù | (bird species of China) wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) | |
| 鱼尾板 | yú wěi bǎn | fishplate (in railway engineering) | |
| 长尾鳕 | zhǎng yǐ xuě | grenadier / rattail | |
| 针尾鸭 | zhēn wěi yā | (bird species of China) northern pintail (Anas acuta) | |
| 猪尾巴 | zhū wěi ba | pig's tail (meat) | |
| 棕尾鵟 | zōng wěi kuáng | (bird species of China) long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus) | |
| 棕尾𫛭 | zōng wěi kuáng | (bird species of China) long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus) | |
| 彻头彻尾 | chè tóu chè wěi | lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom | |
| 街头巷尾 | jiē tóu xiàng wěi | top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city | |
| 虎头蛇尾 | hǔ tóu shé wěi | lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom) / fig. a strong start but weak finish | |
| 畏首畏尾 | wèi shǒu wèi wěi | afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom) / ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing | |
| 摇头摆尾 | yáo tóu bǎi wěi | to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom) / to be well pleased with oneself / to have a lighthearted air | |
| 藏头露尾 | cáng tóu lù wěi | to hide the head and show the tail (idiom) / to give a partial account / half-truths | |
| 摇尾乞怜 | yáo wěi qǐ lián | lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) / fig. to fawn on sb / to bow and scrape / to grovel | |
| 狗尾续貂 | gǒu wěi xù diāo | lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom) / fig. a worthless sequel to a masterpiece | |
| 从头到尾 | cóng tóu dào wěi | from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing) | |
| 狐狸尾巴 | hú li wěi ba | lit. fox's tail (idiom) / visible sign of evil intentions / to reveal one's evil nature / evidence that reveals the villain | |
| 虎尾春冰 | hǔ wěi chūn bīng | lit. like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice (idiom) / fig. extremely dangerous situation | |
| 龙头蛇尾 | lóng tóu shé wěi | lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom) / fig. a strong start but weak finish | |
| 吴头楚尾 | Wú tóu Chǔ wěi | lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom) / fig. close together / head-to-tail / one thing starts where the other leaves off | |
| 有头无尾 | yǒu tóu wú wěi | to start but not finish (idiom) / to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span | |
| 有头有尾 | yǒu tóu yǒu wěi | where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom) / to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. | |
| 单尾检验 | one-tail test | | |
| 叉尾带鱼 | silver scabbard fish / cutless fish | | |
| 白冠燕尾 | bái guān yàn wěi | (bird species of China) white-crowned forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti) | |
| 白尾地鸦 | bái wěi dì yā | (bird species of China) Xinjiang ground jay (Podoces biddulphi) | |
| 白尾海雕 | bái wěi hǎi diāo | (bird species of China) white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) | |
| 斑背燕尾 | bān bèi yàn wěi | (bird species of China) spotted forktail (Enicurus maculatus) | |
| 斑尾塍鹬 | bān wěi chéng yù | (bird species of China) bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) | |
| 斑尾鹃鸠 | bān wěi juān jiū | (bird species of China) barred cuckoo-dove (Macropygia unchall) | |
| 斑尾林鸽 | bān wěi lín gē | (bird species of China) common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) | |
| 斑尾榛鸡 | bān wěi zhēn jī | (bird species of China) Chinese grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi) | |
| 北红尾鸲 | běi hóng wěi qú | (bird species of China) Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) | |
| 长尾地鸫 | cháng wěi dì dōng | (bird species of China) long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni) | |
| 长尾猴属 | cháng wěi hóu shǔ | guenon | |
| 长尾鹩鹛 | cháng wěi liáo méi | (bird species of China) grey-bellied wren-babbler (Spelaeornis reptatus) | |
| 长尾林鸮 | cháng wěi lín xiāo | (bird species of China) Ural owl (Strix uralensis) | |
| 长尾奇鹛 | cháng wěi qí méi | (bird species of China) long-tailed sibia (Heterophasia picaoides) | |
| 长尾夜鹰 | cháng wěi yè yīng | (bird species of China) large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) | |
| 长尾鹦鹉 | cháng wěi yīng wǔ | (bird species of China) long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) | |
| 长尾贼鸥 | cháng wěi zéi ōu | (bird species of China) long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) | |
| 长尾朱雀 | cháng wěi zhū què | (bird species of China) long-tailed rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus) | |
| 赤尾噪鹛 | chì wěi zào méi | (bird species of China) red-tailed laughingthrush (Trochalopteron milnei) | |
| 船尾浮标 | chuán yǐ fú biāo | tail buoy | |
| 垂直尾翼 | chuí zhí wěi yì | (aviation) tailfin / vertical stabilizer | |
| 刺尾鱼科 | cì wěi yú kē | Acanthuridae | |
| 淡尾鹟莺 | dàn wěi wēng yīng | (bird species of China) Alström's warbler (Seicercus soror) | |
| 大尾巴狼 | dà yǐ ba láng | (coll.) person who puts on an act: feigning ignorance, pretending to be solicitous, acting innocent etc | |
| 短尾蝠属 | duǎn wěi fú shǔ | Mystacinidae | |
| 短尾鹪鹛 | duǎn wěi jiāo méi | (bird species of China) streaked wren-babbler (Napothera brevicaudata) | |
| 短尾鹩鹛 | duǎn wěi liáo méi | (bird species of China) rufous-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis caudatus) | |
| 短尾鸦雀 | duǎn wěi yā què | (bird species of China) short-tailed parrotbill (Neosuthora davidiana) | |
| 短尾鹦鹉 | duǎn wěi yīng wǔ | (bird species of China) vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis) | |
| 短尾贼鸥 | duǎn wěi zéi ōu | (bird species of China) parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) | |
