Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "尾", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "尾", and master the standard way of writing the character "尾".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 尾
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "尾" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
尾 [wěi]
【Noun】
1. The part of birds, beasts, insects, and fish that protrudes from the end of the body: 尾巴 (tail), 尾鳍 (tail fin), 鸟尾 (bird's tail).
2. End; tail end: 排尾 (tail end of a line), 船尾 (stern of a ship), 尾声 (ending sound), 尾骨 (tailbone), 尾灯 (rear light), 尾数 (tail number), 尾音 (final sound), 结尾 (ending), 扫尾 (tidying up), 虎头蛇尾 (a powerful beginning but weak ending).
3. Following behind: 尾随 (to follow closely), 尾追 (to chase).
4. Measure word for fish: 三尾鱼 (three fish).
5. Name of a star, one of the twenty-eight lunar lodges.
【Verb】
1. To follow closely; to tail: 尾随 (to follow), 尾缀 (to follow behind), 尾衔 (to be in sequence), 尾犯 (an accomplice), 尾骑 (cavalry following closely), 尾尾 (one after another).
2. To mate; refers to copulation of animals: 鸟兽虫鱼交配 (to mate).
【Measure Word】
1. Equivalent to “头” or “条,” used for counting fish.
2. See also: yǐ
特指马尾(wěi)巴上的毛: Refers specifically to the hair on a horse's tail.
特指蟋蟀等尾部的针状物: Refers specifically to the spikelets on the tails of crickets and similar insects.
尾 [yǐ]
【Noun】
1. Refers to the hair on a horse's tail.
2. Refers to spikelets on a cricket’s tail.
3. See also: wěi
break off both ends / do away with unnecessary parts at both ends / leave out the beginning and the end / nip off unwanted parts / remove the superfluous part