追
zhuīduī HSK3

pursue

追 zhuī frequency
chase verb
to chase or pursue someone or something

他在后面拼命追赶。

tā zài hòu​mian pīn​mìng zhuī gǎn.

He was chasing desperately from behind.

court verb
to court or woo a romantic interest

他追了那个女生很久。

tā zhuī le nà gè nǚ​shēng hěn jiǔ.

He has been pursuing that girl for a long time.

binge-watch verb
to follow or binge-watch a television drama or series

我昨晚通宵追剧。

wǒ zuó​wǎn tōng​xiāo zhuī jù.

I stayed up all night binge-watching a show last night.

investigate idiom
to look into, investigate, or trace the cause of something

我们要追根究底。

wǒ​men yào zhuī gēn​jiū dǐ.

We must get to the bottom of the matter.

retroactively verb
to apply or award something retroactively or posthumously

他在死后被追认为英雄。

tā zài sǐ hòu bèi zhuī​rèn wéi yīng​xióng.

He was posthumously recognized as a hero.

recover verb
to recover, redeem, or bring back something that is lost or has passed

昨日之事不可追。

zuó​rì zhī shì bù kě zhuī.

What happened yesterday cannot be undone.

reminisce verb
to reminisce or recall past events

追思会是为了悼念已故的朋友。

zhuī​sī​huì shì wèi le dào​niàn yǐ​gù de péng​you.

The memorial service is held to mourn a deceased friend.

追 duī
instrument verb
an ancient percussion instrument or the handle of a bronze bell

这个青铜钟顶部的追是用精铜铸成的。

zhè​ge qīng​tóng​zhōng dǐng​bù de duī shì yòng jīng​tóng zhù​chéng de.

The loop at the top of this bronze bell is cast from refined copper.

sculpt verb
to sculpt or carve decorative patterns

工匠在玉石表面细心追琢，刻画出各种花纹。

gōng​jiàng zài yù​shí biǎo​miàn xì​xīn duī zhuó, kè​huà chū gè zhǒng huā​wén.

The craftsman carefully carved the surface of the jade, creating various patterns.

Frequency
Character
Written text
768th most common 243.3 per million
Movie subtitles
752nd most common 168.8 per million appears in 54% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
86.9 per million appears in 28% of films
Written text
88.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+8FFD

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