追上 meaning in English

zhuīshàng

to overtake

12 strokes

Meaning of 追上

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zhuīshàng

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ必bì须xū努nǔ力lì学xué习xí，才cái能néng追zhuī上shàng其qí他tā学xué生shēng。

I had to study hard to keep up with the other students.

我wǒ无wú论lùn怎zěn么me努nǔ力lì，都dōu永yǒng远yuǎn无wú法fǎ追zhuī上shàng他tā。

No matter how hard I try, I will never be able to catch up with him.

汤tāng姆mǔ试shì图tú去qù追zhuī上shàng玛mǎ丽lì，但dàn是shì他tā没méi成chéng功gōng。

Tom tried to catch up with Mary, but he couldn't.

我wǒ们men从cóng这zhè儿ér走zǒu就jiù能néng追zhuī上shàng他tā们men。

If we go this way, we'll catch up with them.

我wǒ们men很hěn快kuài就jiù追zhuī上shàng了le他tā们men。

We soon caught up with them.

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Words that share a character with 追上.

马上	mǎshàng	at once; right away
晚上	wǎnshang	evening; night
身上	shēnshang	on the body; at hand
早上	zǎoshang	early morning
上次	shàng cì	last time
路上	lùshang	on the road; on the way; en route
上班	shàngbān	to go to work; to be on duty
上车	shàng chē	to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
地上	dìshang	on the ground; on the floor
楼上	lóu shàng	upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
车上	chē shang
上学	shàngxué	to go to school; to attend school

What does 追上 mean?

追上 (zhuīshàng) means "to overtake".

How do you write 追上?

追上 is made of 2 characters: 追 (9 strokes), 上 (3 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.