踪 (zōng) means Tracks (footprint - trace). Below are 6 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
警方跟 踪 了他三天。
Jǐngfāng gēnzōng le tā sān tiān.
The police tailed him for three days.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 跟踪
他已经失 踪 三天了。
Tā yǐjīng shī zōng sān tiān le.
He has been missing for three days.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 失踪
警犬顺着 踪 迹找到了他。
Jǐngquǎn shùnzhe zōngjì zhǎodào le tā.
The police dog followed the trail and found him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 踪迹
警方正在寻找失 踪 的孩子。
Jǐngfāng zhèngzài xúnzhǎo shī zōng de háizi.
The police are searching for the missing child.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 失踪
雪地上留下了动物的 踪 迹。
Xuě dì shang liúxià le dòngwù de zōngjì.
Animal tracks were left in the snow.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 踪迹
医生会长期跟 踪 病人的恢复情况。
Yīshēng huì chángqī gēnzōng bìngrén de huīfù qíngkuàng.
The doctor will follow up the patient's recovery over the long term.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 跟踪
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Words that contain 踪
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Questions about 踪
How is 踪 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 踪 (zōng, "Tracks (footprint - trace)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 踪 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 踪 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 踪?
The dictionary page for 踪 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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