尾 | wěi | tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish |
尾巴 | wěi ba | tail |
尾随 | wěi suí | to tail behind; to tag along; to follow on the heels of |
尾翼 | wěi yì | tail wing; empennage (arrow feathers or tail assembly of plane); tail unit |
尾数 | wěi shù | remainder (after rounding a number); decimal part (of number after the decimal point); mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.); small change; balance (of an account) |
尾气 | wěi qì | exhaust (i.e. waste gas from engine); emissions |
尾鳍 | wěi qí | tail or caudal fin |
尾矿 | wěi kuàng | mining waste; waste remaining after processing ore; tailings |
尾声 | wěi shēng | coda; epilogue; end |
尾大不掉 | wěi dà bù diào | large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy; fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates |
尾子 | wěi zi | tail; end; small change; odd sum remaining after large round number |
尾张国 | Wěi zhāng guó | Owari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi prefecture around Nagoya |
尾击 | wěi jī | attack from the rear |
尾期 | wěi qī | final period; the end (of a term); the close |
尾梢 | wěi shāo | the tip; the end; the very end |
尾欠 | wěi qiàn | balance due; small balance still to pay; final remaining debt |
尾款 | wěi kuǎn | balance (money remaining due) |
尾水 | wěi shuǐ | tailwater; outflow (from mill or power plant) |
尾水渠道 | wěi shuǐ qú dào | outflow channel |
尾流 | wěi liú | wake |
尾灯 | wěi dēng | tail light (on vehicle) |
尾牙 | wěi yá | a year-end dinner for employees |
尾生 | Wěi Shēng | Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters); sb who keeps to their word no matter what |
尾矿库 | wěi kuàng kù | slag heap; dump of mining waste |
尾缀 | wěi zhuì | final syllable |
尾羽 | wěi yǔ | tail feathers |
尾羽龙 | wěi yǔ lóng | caudipteryx (a feathered dinosaur) |
尾蚴 | wěi yòu | tailed larva; Cercaria (microscopic larva of parasitic Miracidium flatworm) |
尾部 | wěi bù | back part; rear or tail section |
尾闾骨 | wěi lǘ gǔ | coccyx |
尾音 | wěi yīn | final sound of a syllable; rhyme (e.g. in European languages) |
尾韵 | wěi yùn | rhyme |
尾页 | wěi yè | last page |
尾骨 | wěi gǔ | coccyx; tailbone |