追击 (zhuī jī) — to pursue and attack | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to pursue and attack

追击。
Jūn duì zài yè lǐ zhuī jī dí rén.
The army pursued and attacked the enemy at night.
追击，。
Jǐng chá yí lù zhuī jī, zuì hòu zhuā zhù le huài rén.
The police pursued and attacked all the way and finally caught the bad guy.
追击。
Tā men cóng hòu miàn zhuī jī dí rén.
They pursued and attacked the enemy from behind.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

追 (pursue) and 击 (attack) are two parallel actions meaning to pursue and attack.

Characters in this word

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

辶𠂤追

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuòmovement

Sound part声符shēngfú

𠂤

𠂤𠂤追zhuī

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The 辶 part shows movement, while 𠂤 gives the sound, for the sense of moving after or pursuing.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 擊; 击 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

毄

毄jī擊jī

Same sound today

The traditional form 擊 has 手 (hand) and 毄; 毄 gives the sound and also points to striking, while the simplified 击 is a later shorthand.

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