尾 wěi

1. wěi noun tail
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 尾巴 (CC-CEDICT '尾'; Kroll 2015 '尾' 1, p. 473; Unihan '尾'; XHZD '尾' 1, p. 783)
2. wěi measure word measure word for fish
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '尾'; Guoyu '尾' n 1; Guoyu '尾' n 2; Kroll 2015 '尾' 4, p. 473; XHZD '尾' 4, p. 783)
3. wěi noun extremity; end; stern
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '尾'; Guoyu '尾' n 3; Kroll 2015 '尾' 1a, p. 473; Unihan '尾'; XHZD '尾' 2, p. 783)
4. wěi verb to follow
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '尾' v 1; XHZD '尾' 3, p. 783)
5. wěi proper noun Wei constellation
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Sixth of the 28 constellations (CC-CEDICT '尾'; Kroll 2015 '尾' 3, p. 473; XHZD '尾' 5, p. 783)
6. wěi noun last
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '尾' 1b, p. 473)
7. wěi noun lower reach [of a river]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '尾' 1c, p. 473)
8. wěi verb to mate [of animals]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '尾' v 2; Kroll 2015 '尾' 2, p. 473)
9. wěi noun a mistake in verse where 5th and 10th syllables have the same tone
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '尾' 5, p. 473)
10. wěi adjective remaining
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '尾'; Guoyu '尾' adj 2)

Contained in

• 凤尾鱼(鳳尾魚) anchovy
• 阑尾炎(闌尾炎) appendicitis
• 尖尾滨鹬(尖尾濱鷸) sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
• 有头无尾(有頭無尾) to start but not finish
• 短尾鹦鹉(短尾鸚鵡) vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis)
• 末尾 tip; extremity; end
• 虎头鼠尾(虎頭鼠尾) a tiger's head and rat's tail; a noble start but weak finish
• 斑尾榛鸡(斑尾榛雞) Chinese grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi)
• 短尾鹪鹛(短尾鷦鶥) streaked wren-babbler (Napothera brevicaudata)
• 灰尾漂鹬(灰尾漂鷸) grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes)
• 响尾蛇飞弹(響尾蛇飛彈) Sidewinder missile
• 箕尾 Ji and Wei; Sagitaris and Scorpio
• 原尾目 a Protura; a conehead
• 阑尾切除术(闌尾切除術) appendectomy
• 截尾 to dock; to trim (especially the tail of an animal)
• 焦尾 jaiowei lute
• 急性阑尾炎(急性闌尾炎) acute appendicitis
• 船尾 the back end of a ship; aft
• 尾缀(尾綴) to follow; suffix; ending; file name extension
• 巨蛇尾 serpens cauda
• 鸡尾锯(雞尾鋸) keyhole saw; pad saw
• 灰喉针尾雨燕(灰喉針尾雨燕) silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
• 线尾燕(線尾燕) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii)
• 狮尾狒(獅尾狒) gelada (Theropithecus gelada), Ethiopian herbivorous monkey similar to baboon
• 瑙蒙短尾鹛(瑙蒙短尾鶥) Naung Mung scimitar babbler (Jabouilleia naungmungensis)
• 鸟尾蛤(鳥尾蛤) cockle (mollusk of the family Cardiidae)
• 巷尾街头(巷尾街頭) throughout the streets and alleys
• 长尾鸭(長尾鴨) long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)
• 短尾矮袋鼠 quokka
• 燕尾 a swallow's tail ; streamers on a flag
• 结尾(結尾) to end; to finish ; the end; the finish ; a coda
• 长尾山椒鸟(長尾山椒鳥) long-tailed minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus)
• 蓝额红尾鸲(藍額紅尾鴝) blue-fronted redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis)
• 红胁蓝尾鸲(紅脅藍尾鴝) red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
• 队尾(隊尾) back of the line; last one in line
• 灰卷尾 ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
• 针尾鸭(針尾鴨) northern pintail (Anas acuta)
• 赤尾噪鹛(赤尾噪鶥) red-tailed laughingthrush (Trochalopteron milnei)
• 马尾辫(馬尾辮) ponytail
• 蟠尾丝虫症(蟠尾絲蟲症) river blindness or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus
• 麈尾 an elk tail; an elk tail whisk
• 银脸长尾山雀(銀臉長尾山雀) sooty bushtit (Aegithalos fuliginosus)
• 追尾 to tailgate; to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
• 眼尾 outer corner of the eye
• 黑尾蜡嘴雀(黑尾蠟嘴雀) Chinese grosbeak (Eophona migratoria)
• 虎头蛇尾(虎頭蛇尾) a tiger's head and snake's tail; a noble start but weak finish
• 黑喉红尾鸲(黑喉紅尾鴝) Hodgson's redstart (Phoenicurus hodgsoni)

Also contained in

马尾区 、 马尾水师学堂 、 九尾龟 、 田尾

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• 卷五十九 志第十二 天文十二 Volume 59 Treatises 12: Astronomy 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 340
• 卷五十八 志第十一 天文十一 Volume 58 Treatises 11: Astronomy 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 285
• 卷五十七 志第十 天文十 Volume 57 Treatises 10: Astronomy 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 155
• 卷六十 志第十三 天文十三 Volume 60 Treatises 13: Astronomy 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 117
• 卷六十四 志第十七 五行二下 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Five Elements 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 115
• 卷三十二　　　　志第二十二　　天文二 Volume 32 Treatises 26: Astronomy 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 26
• 卷三十六 志第十六: 天文下 Volume 36 Treatises 16: Astronomy 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 24
• 卷五十六 志第九 天文九 Volume 56 Treatises 9: Astronomy 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 23
• 卷十三 志第五 天文下 Volume 13 Treatises 5: Astronomy 1 Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 23
• 卷二十七 志第三 天文三 Volume 27 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 22

Collocations

• 子尾 (子尾) 子尾 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 14
• 在尾 (在尾) 日在尾 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 9
• 牛尾 (牛尾) 牛尾 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八 辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — count: 4
• 尾伏 (尾伏) 龍尾伏辰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 鹑尾 (鶉尾) 鶉尾 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar — count: 3
• 掉尾 (掉尾) 龍乃弭耳掉尾而逃 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷七　精神訓 Chapter 7: Spirit — count: 3
• 龙尾 (龍尾) 龍尾伏辰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 尾中 (尾中) 旦尾中 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 3
• 骥尾 (驥尾) 附驥尾而行益顯 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《列傳‧伯夷列傳》 Biographies - Biography of Bo Yi — count: 2
• 尾大 (尾大) 以尾大陵弱 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十九 王充王符仲長統列傳 Volume 49: Biographies of Wang Chong, Wang Fu, Zhongchang Tong — count: 2