Ziri was trying to catch up to Rima.
追上
to overtake
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Meaning and common use
to overtake
How 追上 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 追上 appears in 7 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He ran to catch up to his brother.
We soon caught up with them.
Words that keep company with 追上.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 追上.
Directly before
- 就追上1
- 着追上1
- 就会追上1
- 去追上1
- 努力追上1
Directly after
- 追上他3
- 追上了1
- 追上玛丽1
- 追上里1
- 追上他们1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 追上
What does 追上 mean in Chinese?
追上 (zhuīshàng) means to overtake.
How do you pronounce 追上?
追上 is pronounced zhuīshàng.
Is 追上 an HSK word?
追上 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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