Chinese word dictionary

追缉

zhuī jī · to pursue; to be after; to hunt down (the perpetrator of a crime, an escaped prisoner etc)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified追缉

Traditional追緝

Pinyinzhuī jī

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

追zhuī

to pursue, to chase after; to expel

缉jī

to sieze, to arrest; to stich closely

How to learn 追缉

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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追zhuī

to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously

追求zhuīqiú

to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo

追究zhuījiū

to investigate; to look into

通缉tōngjī

to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted

追悼zhuīdào

to mourn; to pay last respects

追赶zhuīgǎn

to pursue; to chase after; to accelerate; to catch up with; to overtake