尾
wěiyǐ HSK4

tail

尾 wěi frequency
tail noun
the tail of an animal

这只孔雀的尾展开后像一把五彩的大扇子。

zhè zhī kǒng​què de wěi zhǎn​kāi hòu xiàng yī bǎ wǔ​cǎi de dà shàn​zi.

When the peacock's tail unfolds, it looks like a large colorful fan.

classifier measure word
numeral classifier used for counting fish

他从集市上买回了两尾活鱼。

tā cóng jí​shì shàng mǎi​huí le liǎng wěi huó yú.

He bought two live fish back from the market.

constellation noun
the sixth of the twenty-eight constellations (mansions) of the Chinese zodiac

他在读一本关于天文的书，里面提到了尾宿。

tā zài dú yī běn guān​yú tiān​wén de shū, lǐ​miàn tí​dào le wěi xiù.

He is reading a book on astronomy that mentions the Tail Mansion.

remainder noun
the end, remnant, or extremity of something

这个故事的结尾非常感人。

zhè gè gù​shi de jié wěi fēi​cháng gǎn​rén.

The ending of this story is very touching.

尾 yǐ
insect posterior noun
the pointed posterior section of a locust or similar insect

这种昆虫的尾生有细长的针，用来向泥土排卵。

zhè zhǒng kūn​chóng de yǐ shēng​yǒu xì​cháng de zhēn, yòng​lái xiàng ní​tǔ pái​luǎn.

This kind of insect has a long, thin needle at its tail used for laying eggs in the soil.

horse tail noun
the tail of a horse

这把二胡的弓是用马尾做的，音色非常优美。

zhè bǎ èr​hú de gōng shì yòng mǎ​wěi zuò de, yīn​sè fēi​cháng yōu​měi.

The bow of this erhu is made of horsehair, and its tone is very beautiful.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,282nd most common 98.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,244th most common 66.4 per million appears in 29% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
15.1 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
47.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+5C3E

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)