尾巴

尾巴 wěiba in a sentence

Tail (unfinished business)

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 4 sentences

尾巴 (wěiba) means Tail (unfinished business). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

小狗高兴地摇 尾巴 。

Xiǎo gǒu gāoxìng de yáo wěiba.

The puppy wagged its tail happily.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 尾巴

这只猫的 尾巴 很长。

Zhè zhī māo de wěiba hěn cháng.

This cat has a long tail.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 尾巴

小狗一见到他就亲热地摇 尾巴 。

Xiǎo gǒu yí jiàndào tā jiù qīnrè de yáo wěiba.

The puppy wagged its tail affectionately the moment it saw him.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 亲热

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From the graded readers

然后它摇起了 尾巴 。

ránhòu tā yáo qǐle wěiba.

Then it began to wag its tail.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home

Questions about 尾巴

How is 尾巴 used in a sentence?

This page shows 4 sentences using 尾巴 (wěiba, "Tail (unfinished business)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 尾巴 an HSK word?

Yes — 尾巴 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 尾巴?

The dictionary page for 尾巴 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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