追赶 meaning in English

zhuīgǎn

to pursue; to chase after

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 追趕19 strokes

Meaning of 追赶

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhuīgǎn
  1. to pursue
  2. to chase after
  3. to accelerate
  4. to catch up with
  5. to overtake

追赶 in example sentences

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

我wǒ尽jìn力lì追zhuī赶gǎn他tā。
I ran as fast as possible to catch up with him.
约yuē瑟sè追zhuī赶gǎn了le玛mǎ丽lì.
John chased Mary.
汤tāng姆mǔ竭jié尽jìn全quán力lì追zhuī赶gǎn。
Tom did his best to catch up.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

追 zhuī · to chase · 9 strokes

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赶 gǎn · to overtake · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 追赶.

赶快gǎnkuàiquickly; at once
赶紧gǎnjǐnhurriedly; without delay
赶到gǎndàoto hurry (to some place)
追求zhuīqiúto pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after
赶上gǎnshàngto keep up with; to catch up with
赶不上gǎnbushàngcan't keep up with; can't catch up with
追究zhuījiūto investigate; to look into
赶忙gǎnmángto hurry; to hasten
追踪zhuīzōngto track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media)
追逐zhuīzhúto chase; to pursue vigorously
追随zhuīsuíto follow; to accompany
赶往gǎnwǎngto hurry to (somewhere)

Questions about 追赶

What does 追赶 mean?

追赶 (zhuīgǎn) means "to pursue; to chase after" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 追赶?

追赶 is made of 2 characters: 追 (9 strokes), 赶 (10 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 追赶 an HSK word?

Yes. 追赶 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 追赶 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 追赶 is written 追趕.