lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom); fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
欧亚红尾鸲歐亞紅尾鴝ou1 ya4 hong2 wei3 qu2
(bird species of China) common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
盘尾树鹊盤尾樹鵲pan2 wei3 shu4 que4
(bird species of China) racket-tailed treepie (Crypsirina temia)
蟠尾丝虫蟠尾絲蟲pan2 wei3 si1 chong2
Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans
蟠尾丝虫症蟠尾絲蟲症pan2 wei3 si1 chong2 zheng4
"river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus
片尾片尾pian4 wei3
end credits (of a movie etc); ending (of a movie etc)
翘尾巴翹尾巴qiao4 wei3 ba5
to be cocky
全须全尾儿全鬚全尾兒quan2 xu1 quan2 yi3 er5
(Beijing dialect) intact; in one piece
日本叉尾海燕日本叉尾海燕ri4 ben3 cha1 wei3 hai3 yan4
(bird species of China) Matsudaira's storm petrel (Oceanodroma matsudairae)
扫尾掃尾sao3 wei3
to complete the last stage of work; to round off
煞尾煞尾sha1 wei3
to finish off; to wind up
扇尾沙锥扇尾沙錐shan1 wei3 sha1 zhui1
(bird species of China) common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
汕尾汕尾shan4 wei3
Shanwei prefecture level city in Guangdong
汕尾市汕尾市shan4 wei3 shi4
Shanwei prefecture level city in Guangdong province
狮尾狒獅尾狒shi1 wei3 fei4
gelada (Theropithecus gelada), Ethiopian herbivorous monkey similar to baboon; also written 吉爾達|吉尔达
收尾收尾shou1 wei3
to wind up; to bring to an end; to finish
收尾音收尾音shou1 wei3 yin1
final (i.e. final consonant or stop of some syllables in Asian phonetics)
首尾首尾shou3 wei3
head and tail
首尾相接首尾相接shou3 wei3 xiang1 jie1
to join head to tail; bumper-to-bumper (of traffic jam)
首尾音首尾音shou3 wei3 yin1
onset and rime
鼠尾草鼠尾草shu3 wei3 cao3
sage (Salvia officinalis)
甩尾甩尾shuai3 wei3
drifting (motorsport)
水平尾翼水平尾翼shui3 ping2 wei3 yi4
(aviation) tailplane; horizontal stabilizer
松尾松尾song1 wei3
Matsuo (Japanese surname and place name)
塔尾树鹊塔尾樹鵲ta3 wei3 shu4 que4
(bird species of China) ratchet-tailed treepie (Temnurus temnurus)
田尾田尾tian2 wei3
Tienwei township in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
田尾乡田尾鄉tian2 wei3 xiang1
Tienwei township in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
拖尾巴拖尾巴tuo1 wei3 ba5
to obstruct; to be a drag on sb; to delay finishing off a job
尾巴尾巴wei3 ba5
tail; colloquial pr.
尾部尾部wei3 bu4
back part; rear or tail section
尾大不掉尾大不掉wei3 da4 bu4 diao4
large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy; fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
尾灯尾燈wei3 deng1
tail light (on vehicle)
尾骨尾骨wei3 gu3
coccyx; tailbone
尾击尾擊wei3 ji1
attack from the rear
尾款尾款wei3 kuan3
balance (money remaining due)
尾矿尾礦wei3 kuang4
mining waste; waste remaining after processing ore; tailings
尾矿库尾礦庫wei3 kuang4 ku4
slag heap; dump of mining waste
尾流尾流wei3 liu2
wake (trailing behind a ship, airplane etc); slipstream
尾闾骨尾閭骨wei3 lv2 gu3
coccyx
尾期尾期wei3 qi1
final period; the end (of a term); the close
尾鳍尾鰭wei3 qi2
tail or caudal fin
尾气尾氣wei3 qi4
exhaust (i.e. waste gas from engine); emissions
尾欠尾欠wei3 qian4
balance due; small balance still to pay; final remaining debt
尾梢尾梢wei3 shao1
the tip; the end; the very end
尾声尾聲wei3 sheng1
coda; epilogue; end
尾生尾生wei3 sheng1
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
尾数尾數wei3 shu4
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)
尾水尾水wei3 shui3
tailwater; outflow (from mill or power plant)
尾水渠道尾水渠道wei3 shui3 qu2 dao4
outflow channel
尾随尾隨wei3 sui2
to tail behind; to tag along; to follow on the heels of
尾牙尾牙wei3 ya2
a year-end dinner for employees
尾页尾頁wei3 ye4
last page
尾翼尾翼wei3 yi4
empennage (of an aircraft); fletching (of an arrow); fins (of a missile, rocket etc); rear spoiler (of a car)
尾音尾音wei3 yin1
final sound of a syllable; rhyme (e.g. in European languages)
尾蚴尾蚴wei3 you4
tailed larva; Cercaria (microscopic larva of parasitic Miracidium flatworm)
尾羽尾羽wei3 yu3
tail feathers
尾羽龙尾羽龍wei3 yu3 long2
caudipteryx (a feathered dinosaur)
尾韵尾韻wei3 yun4
rhyme
尾张国尾張國wei3 zhang1 guo2
Owari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi prefecture around Nagoya
尾注尾註wei3 zhu4
endnote
尾椎尾椎wei3 zhui1
coccyx; tailbone
尾缀尾綴wei3 zhui4
(lit.) to follow sb; (linguistics) suffix; ending; (computing) file name extension
尾子尾子wei3 zi5
tail; end; small change; odd sum remaining after large round number
畏首畏尾畏首畏尾wei4 shou3 wei4 wei3
afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous; afraid of the slightest thing
吴头楚尾吳頭楚尾wu2 tou2 chu3 wei3
lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together; head-to-tail; one thing starts where the other leaves off
无尾熊無尾熊wu2 wei3 xiong2
koala
无尾猿無尾猿wu2 wei3 yuan2
ape
细尾獴細尾獴xi4 wei3 meng3
meerkat; see 狐獴
线尾燕線尾燕xian4 wei3 yan4
(bird species of China) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii)
响尾蛇響尾蛇xiang3 wei3 she2
rattlesnake
小盘尾小盤尾xiao3 pan2 wei3
(bird species of China) lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer)
小燕尾小燕尾xiao3 yan4 wei3
(bird species of China) little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)
楔尾伯劳楔尾伯勞xie1 wei3 bo2 lao2
(bird species of China) Chinese grey shrike (Lanius sphenocercus)
楔尾绿鸠楔尾綠鳩xie1 wei3 lv4 jiu1
(bird species of China) wedge-tailed green pigeon (Treron sphenurus)
楔尾鸥楔尾鷗xie1 wei3 ou1
(bird species of China) Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea)
鸦嘴卷尾鴉嘴卷尾ya1 zui3 juan3 wei3
(bird species of China) crow-billed drongo (Dicrurus annectans)
烟黑叉尾海燕煙黑叉尾海燕yan1 hei1 cha1 wei3 hai3 yan4
(bird species of China) Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
燕尾蝶燕尾蝶yan1 wei3 die2
swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
眼尾眼尾yan3 wei3
outer corner of the eye
燕尾服燕尾服yan4 wei3 fu2
swallow-tailed coat; tails
摇头摆尾搖頭擺尾yao2 tou2 bai3 wei3
to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom); to be well pleased with oneself; to have a lighthearted air
曳尾鹱曳尾鸌ye4 wei3 hu4
(bird species of China) wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)
银喉长尾山雀銀喉長尾山雀yin2 hou2 chang2 wei3 shan1 que4
(bird species of China) silver-throated bushtit (Aegithalos glaucogularis)
银脸长尾山雀銀臉長尾山雀yin2 lian3 chang2 wei3 shan1 que4
(bird species of China) sooty bushtit (Aegithalos fuliginosus)
有头无尾有頭無尾you3 tou2 wu2 wei3
to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through; lack of sticking power; short attention span
有头有尾有頭有尾you3 tou2 you3 wei3
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth; to carry things through; I started, so I'll finish.
鱼尾魚尾yu2 wei3
fishtail
鱼尾板魚尾板yu2 wei3 ban3
fishplate (in railway engineering)
鱼尾纹魚尾紋yu2 wei3 wen2
wrinkles of the skin; crow's feet
语尾語尾yu3 wei3
word ending; suffix; inflection (grammar)
鸢尾鳶尾yuan1 wei3
Iricdaceae, the iris family
鸢尾花鳶尾花yuan1 wei3 hua1
iris (family Iridaceae)
月尾月尾yue4 wei3
end of the month
云南白斑尾柳莺雲南白斑尾柳鶯yun2 nan2 bai2 ban1 wei3 liu3 ying1
(bird species of China) Davison's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus davisoni)
韵尾韻尾yun4 wei3
the rhyming part of a syllable; in a Chinese syllable, the medial vowel plus final consonant (if any)
沼泽大尾莺沼澤大尾鶯zhao3 ze2 da4 wei3 ying1
(bird species of China) striated grassbird (Megalurus palustris)
赭红尾鸲赭紅尾鴝zhe3 hong2 wei3 qu2
(bird species of China) black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
针尾绿鸠針尾綠鳩zhen1 wei3 lv4 jiu1
(bird species of China) pin-tailed green pigeon (Treron apicauda)
针尾沙锥針尾沙錐zhen1 wei3 sha1 zhui1
(bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura)
针尾鸭針尾鴨zhen1 wei3 ya1
(bird species of China) northern pintail (Anas acuta)
猪尾巴豬尾巴zhu1 wei3 ba5
pig's tail (meat)
追尾追尾zhui1 wei3
to tailgate; to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
字尾字尾zi4 wei3
suffix
棕额长尾山雀棕額長尾山雀zong1 e2 chang2 wei3 shan1 que4
(bird species of China) rufous-fronted bushtit (Aegithalos iouschistos)
棕扇尾莺棕扇尾鶯zong1 shan4 wei3 ying1
(bird species of China) zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
棕尾伯劳棕尾伯勞zong1 wei3 bo2 lao2
(bird species of China) red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)
棕尾褐鹟棕尾褐鶲zong1 wei3 he4 weng1
(bird species of China) ferruginous flycatcher (Muscicapa ferruginea)
棕尾虹雉棕尾虹雉zong1 wei3 hong2 zhi4
(bird species of China) Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus)
棕尾鵟棕尾鵟zong1 wei3 kuang2
(bird species of China) long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus)