"Follow" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 伴随 | bàn suí | to accompany / to follow / to occur together with / concomitant |   |
| 跟随 | gēn suí | to follow | |
| 遵循 | zūn xún | to follow / to abide by / to comply with | |
| 接着 | jiē zhe | to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / then / after that / subsequently / to proceed / to ensue / in turn / in one's turn | |
| 从 |  cóng | from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor | |
| 由 | yóu | to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 则 | zé | (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / standard / norm / principle / to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items | |
| 关注 | guān zhù | to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / to follow (on social media) / concern / interest / attention | |
| 顺着 | shùn zhe | to follow / following / along | |
| 追随 | zhuī suí | to follow / to accompany | |
| 跟进 | gēn jìn | to follow / to follow up | |
| 遵照 | zūn zhào | in accordance with / to follow (the rules) | |
| 遵从 | zūn cóng | to comply with / to follow (directives) / to defer (to the judgment of superiors) | |
| 随从 | suí cóng | to accompany / to follow / to attend / entourage / attendant | |
| 沿袭 | yán xí | to carry on as before / to follow (an old custom etc) | |
| 接续 | jiē xù | to follow / to continue | |
| 沿着 | yán zhe | to go along / to follow | |
| 重蹈 | chóng dǎo | (fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised) | |
| 承袭 | chéng xí | to inherit / to follow / to adopt | |
| 依循 | yī xún | to follow / to comply | |
| 遵行 | zūn xíng | to follow / to obey / compliance | |
| 随顺 | suí shùn | to follow / to go along with | |
| 随 | suí | to follow / to comply with / varying according to... / to allow / subsequently | |
| 顺 | shùn | to obey / to follow / to arrange / to make reasonable / along / favorable | |
| 沿 | yán | along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge | |
| 遵 | zūn | to observe / to obey / to follow / to comply with | |
| 循 | xún | to follow / to adhere to / to abide by | |
| 皈 | guī | to comply with / to follow | |
| 蹑 | niè | to walk on tiptoe / to walk quietly / to tread (on) / to follow | |
| 踵 | zhǒng | to arrive / to follow / heel | |
| 遹 | yù | follow / in accordance with | |
| 方向 | fāng xiàng | direction / orientation / path to follow / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 跟踪 | gēn zōng | to follow sb's tracks / to tail / to shadow / tracking | |
| 追踪 | zhuī zōng | to follow a trail / to trace / to pursue | |
| 轮回 | lún huí | to reincarnate / reincarnation (Buddhism) / (of the seasons etc) to follow each other cyclically / cycle / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 随心所欲 | suí xīn suǒ yù | to follow one's heart's desires / to do as one pleases (idiom) | |
| 学好 | xué hǎo | to follow good examples | |
| 跟着 | gēn zhe | to follow after / immediately afterwards | |
| 紧跟 | jǐn gēn | to follow precisely / to comply with | |
| 奉命 | fèng mìng | to receive orders / to follow orders / to act under orders | |
| 何去何从 | hé qù hé cóng | what course to follow / what path to take | |
| 跟风 | gēn fēng | to go with the tide / to blindly follow the crowd / to follow the trend | |
| 目送 | mù sòng | to follow with one's eyes (a departing guest etc) | |
| 尾随 | wěi suí | to tail behind / to tag along / to follow on the heels of | |
| 信道 | xìn dào | (telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them | |
| 相间 | xiāng jiàn | to alternate / to follow one another | |
| 无所适从 | wú suǒ shì cóng | not knowing which course to follow (idiom) / at a loss what to do | |
| 随波逐流 | suí bō zhú liú | to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom) / to follow the crowd blindly | |
| 遵命 | zūn mìng | to follow your orders / to do as you bid | |
| 按部就班 | àn bù jiù bān | to follow the prescribed order / to keep to the working routine (idiom) | |
| 水到渠成 | shuǐ dào qú chéng | lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally | |
| 看齐 | kàn qí | to follow sb's example / to emulate / (of troops etc) to dress (come into alignment for parade formation) | |
| 照办 | zhào bàn | to follow the rules / to do as instructed / to play by the book / to comply with a request | |
| 如影随形 | rú yǐng suí xíng | as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / closely associated with each other / to follow relentlessly | |
| 乘胜 | chéng shèng | to follow up a victory / to pursue retreating enemy | |
| 必由之路 | bì yóu zhī lù | the road one must follow or take / the only way | |
| 效法 | xiào fǎ | to imitate / to follow the example of | |
| 盲从 | máng cóng | to follow blindly / to conform slavishly / unthinking obedience | |
| 乡民 | xiāng mín | villager / (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions | |
| 亦步亦趋 | yì bù yì qū | to blindly follow suit (idiom) / to imitate slavishly / to do what everyone else is doing | |
| 寸步不离 | cùn bù bù lí | to follow sb closely (idiom) / to keep close to | |
| 人云亦云 | rén yún yì yún | to say what everyone says (idiom) / to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view / to follow the herd | |
| 继往开来 | jì wǎng kāi lái | to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages | |
| 重蹈覆辙 | chóng dǎo fù zhé | lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom) / fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past / to repeat a disastrous mistake | |
| 学坏 | xué huài | to follow bad examples / to be corrupted by bad examples | |
| 孤家寡人 | gū jiā guǎ rén | one who is cut off from others (idiom) / one who has chosen to follow a solitary path / (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person) | |
| 如法炮制 | rú fǎ páo zhì | lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / fig. to follow a set pattern | |
| 同流合污 | tóng liú hé wū | to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom) / to follow the bad example of others | |
| 学样 | xué yàng | to follow suit / to imitate sb's example | |
| 顺藤摸瓜 | shùn téng mō guā | lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues | |
| 承前启后 | chéng qián qǐ hòu | to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages | |
| 一板一眼 | yī bǎn yī yǎn | lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail | |
| 盯梢 | dīng shāo | to follow sb / to tail / to shadow | |
| 接踵 | jiē zhǒng | to follow on sb's heels | |
| 随大流 | suí dà liú | to follow the crowd / going with the tide | |
| 查究 | chá jiū | to follow up a study / to investigate | |
| 因袭 | yīn xí | to follow old patterns / to imitate existing models / to continue along the same lines | |
| 效尤 | xiào yóu | to follow a bad example | |
| 跟 | gēn | heel / to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb / with / compared with / to / towards / and (joining two nouns) | |
| 上行下效 | shàng xíng xià xiào | subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom) | |
| 照猫画虎 | zhào māo huà hǔ | lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom) / fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject / uninspired imitation | |
| 继 | jì | to continue / to follow after / to go on with / to succeed / to inherit / then / afterwards | |
| 适 | shì | to fit / suitable / proper / just (now) / comfortable / well / to go / to follow or pursue | |
| 钉 | dīng | nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth) / variant of 盯[ding1] | |
| 躔 | chán | (literary) animal tracks / the course of a celestial body / (of a celestial body) to follow its course | |
| 循规蹈矩 | xún guī dǎo jǔ | to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom) / to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention | |
| 入乡随俗 | rù xiāng suí sú | When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom) / do as the natives do / When in Rome, do as the Romans do | |
| 鞍前马后 | ān qián mǎ hòu | to follow everywhere / to always be there for sb at their beck and call | |
| 克绍箕裘 | kè shào jī qiú | to follow in one's father's footsteps | |
| 嫁鸡随鸡 | jià jī suí jī | If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom) / A woman should follow whatever her husband orders. / We must learn to accept the people around us. | |
| 形影相随 | xíng yǐng xiāng suí | lit. body and shadow follow each other (idiom) / fig. inseparable | |
| 承上起下 | chéng shàng qǐ xià | to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages | |
| 拔毛连茹 | bá máo lián rú | lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends. | |
| 操斧伐柯 | cāo fǔ fá kē | (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker | |
| 改恶向善 | gǎi è xiàng shàn | turn away from evil and follow virtue | |
| 祸福无常 | huò fú wú cháng | disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom) / future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable | |
| 见贤思齐 | jiàn xián sī qí | see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects) / emulate the virtuous / Follow the example of a virtuous and wise teacher. | |
| 赶浪头 | gǎn làng tou | to follow the trend | |
| 唯命是从 | wéi mìng shì cóng | to follow obediently | |
| 必经之路 | bì jīng zhī lù | the road one must follow or take / the only way / same as 必由之路[bi4 you2 zhi1 lu4] | |
