垂 chuí

1. chuí verb to hang ; to suspend; to droop
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '垂' 1; Unihan '垂'; XHZD '垂' 1)
2. chuí adverb almost; nearly; about to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 将要 (Guoyu '垂' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '垂' 4; XHZD '垂' 3)
3. chuí verb to hand down; to bequeath
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 留传 or 传下去; for example, 名垂青史 'fame will be passed down in history' (Guoyu '垂' v 2; Unihan '垂'; XHZD '垂' 2)
4. chuí verb to approach
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 接近 (XHZD '垂' 3)
5. chuí verb to descend; to drop; to fall
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 掉落 (Guoyu '垂' v 1; Kroll 2015 '垂' 2)
6. chuí verb to condescend; to be so kind to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '垂' 3)
7. chuí adverb honoring previous generations
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '垂' adv 4)

Contained in

• 垂露竖(垂露豎) straight vertical stroke
• 染指垂涎 dirty finger, mouth watering; greedy to seize sth
• 名垂青史 fame will be passed down in history
• 胃下垂 gastroptosis
• 垂足而坐 to sit with legs hanging down; to sit on a high chair
• 脑下垂体(腦下垂體) pituitary glands (at the base of the skull)
• 功败垂成(功敗垂成) to fail within sight of success; last-minute failure/to fall at the last hurdle/snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
• 垂头(垂頭) to lower the head
• 肉垂麦鸡(肉垂麥雞) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
• 垂涎三尺 to drool (over) ; to yearn for; to covet; to crave
• 垂杨柳(垂楊柳) a willow tree
• 脱垂(脫垂) prolapse
• 耳垂 an earlobe
• 母子垂直感染 mother-to-infant transmission
• 垂头丧气(垂頭喪氣) dejected; crestfallen
• 垂死挣扎(垂死掙扎) deathbed struggle; final struggle
• 垂下 to hang (down); to droop; to dangle; to bend down
• 垂直和短距起落飞机(垂直和短距起落飛機) vertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft
• 垂泪(垂淚) to shed tears
• 垂帐纹(垂帳紋) a pennant; draperies; a fringe
• 永垂不朽 immortal; eternal glory; will never be forgotten
• 垂柳 weeping willow
• 奄奄垂绝(奄奄垂絕) only faintly breathing; about to die
• 垂髫 falling hair of a child; (fig.) child
• 垂涎欲滴 to drool with desire; to envy; to hunger for
• 垂念 to care and consideration for
• 马斯垂克(馬斯垂剋) Maastricht (Netherlands)
• 秀发垂肩(秀髮垂肩) beautiful shoulder length hair
• 坐不垂堂 don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof); keep out of danger
• 披垂 to hang down and cover; to flow down
• 垂直尾翼 (aviation) tailfin; vertical stabilizer
• 脑垂体(腦垂體) pituitary gland
• 垂悬分词(垂懸分詞) hanging participle (error of grammar in English)
• 垂青 to show appreciation for somebody; to look upon with favor
• 垂暮之年 old age
• 垂爱(垂愛) to show loving care for
• 垂垂 gradually ; to drop
• 下垂 to droop; to sag; to hang down
• 垂涎 to water at the mouth; to drool
• 垂直起落飞机(垂直起落飛機) vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
• 垂幕 canopy
• 垂挂(垂掛) to hang down; to be suspended
• 垂帘听政(垂簾聽政) to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor
• 垂体(垂體) pituitary gland
• 悬雍垂(懸雍垂) uvula
• 夜幕低垂 darkness fell
• 家累千金，坐不垂堂 a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves; a rich man does not expose himself to danger
• 垂钓(垂釣) angling
• 垂死 dying

Also contained in

垂拱 、 考文垂市

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百二十三 載記第二十三 慕容垂 Volume 123 Records 23: Murong Chui Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 111
• 卷95 匈奴劉聰 羯胡石勒 鐵弗劉虎 徒何慕容廆 臨渭氐苻健 羌姚萇 略陽氐吕光 Volume 95: Liu Cong of the Xiongnu, Shi Le of the Jie People, Liu Hu of the Tiefu, Murong Hui of the Tuhe, Fu Jian of the Linwei Di, Yao Chong of the Qiang, Lu Guang of the Lüeyang Di Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 77
• 卷九十三　列傳第八十一:　僭偽附庸 Volume 93 Biographies 81: Vassal States History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 54
• 卷一百一十四 載記第十四 苻堅下 Volume 114 Records 14: Fu Jian Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 41
• 卷一百四十 志第九十三 樂十五 Volume 140 Treatises 93: Music 15 History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
• 卷八 Scroll 8 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 23
• 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 22
• 卷一百三十四 志第八十七 樂九 Volume 134 Treatises 87: Music 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 22
• 卷2 太祖紀 Volume 2 Annals: Taizu (Emperor Daowu) Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 22
• 卷一百一十一 載記第十一 慕容暐 Volume 111 Records 11: Murong Wei; Murong Ke; Yang Wu; Huangfu Zhen Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 20

Collocations

• 垂棘 (垂棘) 與垂棘之璧 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 16
• 西垂 (西垂) 立于西垂 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 顧命 Zhou Shu - Testamentary Charge — count: 11
• 垂涕 (垂涕) 聲翁縗絰垂涕 — Mozi 墨子, 卷六 節葬下 Book 6 - Simplicity in Funerals III — count: 6
• 垂象 (垂象) 天垂象 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 5
• 天垂 (天垂) 天垂象 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 4
• 二垂 (二垂) 舉二垂 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders — count: 4
• 次于垂 (次於垂) 次于垂葭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 4
• 垂缫 (垂繅) 取圭垂缫 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 聘禮 第八 8. Rites of courtesy calls — count: 4
• 德垂 (德垂) 德垂後裔 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 微子之命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Count of Wei — count: 3
• 垂陇 (垂隴) 晉士縠盟于垂隴 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3