Tail in Chinese
tail · HSK 5
尾巴
- 尾 tail
- 巴 to hope earnestly
Counted with 条: 一条尾巴
小狗高兴地摇着尾巴。 The puppy is happily wagging its tail.
Other ways to say tail
More words with 尾 or 巴
How do you say tail in Chinese?
Tail in Chinese is 尾巴 (wěi ba). You can also say 跟踪 (gēn zōng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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