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尾部 (wěi bù) — tail; rear part; end section

Definition

Tail or rear section of an object, animal, or text — the fixed, somewhat technical term for the back end. 末尾 is the everyday word for the end of a written piece or sequence.

noun
tailrear partend section
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 尾部。
    Zhè zhī māo de wěi bù shì bái sè de.
    This cat's tail is white.
  • ，尾部。
    Fēi jī zài fēi xíng shí, wěi bù de dēng huì yì zhí shǎn shuò.
    When the plane is flying, the lights on its tail keep flashing.
  • 尾部，。
    Zài bào gào de wěi bù, wǒ men zǒng jié le yào diǎn.
    At the end of the report, we summarized the key points.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

尾wěitail
部bùpart

尾 points to the tail or rear, and 部 is a section, together meaning the rear part.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The form 尾 combines 尸 (person) and 毛 (hair; feather).

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
邑邑yì
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu部bù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

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