| | tail / colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5] | HSK 4 |
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| | to follow sb's tracks / to tail / to shadow / tracking | HSK 7-9 |
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| | nine-tailed fox (mythological creature) | |
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| | (bird species of China) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) | |
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| | lit. like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice (idiom) / fig. extremely dangerous situation | |
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| | tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish | |
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| | horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc | |
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| | to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail | |
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| | pig's tail (meat) | |
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| | ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants) | |
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| | back part; rear section; tail section | |
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| | to tail behind / to tag along / to follow on the heels of | |
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| | to hide the head and show the tail (idiom); to give a partial account / half-truths | |
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| | long tail | |
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| | hem of a skirt / shirt tail | |
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| | (a peacock) spreads its tail | |
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| | lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish | |
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| | lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) / fig. to fawn on sb / to bow and scrape / to grovel | |
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| | to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom) / to be well pleased with oneself / to have a lighthearted air | |
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| | lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom) / fig. a worthless sequel to a masterpiece | |
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| | long-tail pheasant | |
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| | (bird species of China) long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) | |
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| | lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions / to reveal one's evil nature / evidence that reveals the villain | |
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| | large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy / fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates | |
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| | swallow-tailed coat / tails | |
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| | tail / end / small change / odd sum remaining after large round number | |
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| | to follow sb / to tail / to shadow | |
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| | to have one's tail between one's legs | |
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| | (zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail; to autotomize its tail / (animal husbandry) to cut the tail short; to dock the tail | |
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| | lit. tail wind / Bon voyage! | |
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| | to join head to tail / bumper-to-bumper (of traffic jam) | |
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| | (bird species of China) chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica) | |
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| | can't make head or tail of | |
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| | (bird species of China) short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) | |
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| | mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written 辟邪 / fig. valiant soldier | |
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| | to dock; to trim (esp. the tail of an animal) | |
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| | swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae) | |
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| | afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing | |
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| | lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom) / fig. the pot calling the kettle black | |
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| | (bird species of China) grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes) | |
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| | (bird species of China) short-tailed shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris) | |
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| | tail light (on vehicle) | |
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| | to tuck one's tail between one's legs / fig. to back down / in a humiliating situation | |
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| | (bird species of China) rufous-tailed scrub robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) | |
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| | bucking bar (metal bar fixing the tail of a rivet as it is driven) | |
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| | (bird species of China) green-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom | |
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| | lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish | |
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| | Argus / in Greek mythology, a monster with 100 eyes, transformed into peacock's tail | |
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| | (bird species of China) short-tailed parrotbill (Suthora davidiana) | |
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| | (bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura) | |
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| | head and tail | |
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| | tail of a comet / long hair | |
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| | turkey tail mushroom (Trametes versicolor) | |
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| | crossbill / long-tailed pheasant | |
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| | tail or caudal fin | |
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| | from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing) | |
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| | lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail | |
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| | peacock feathers on an official's hat displaying his rank (traditional) / pheasant tail feathers on warriors' helmets (opera) | |
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| | (bird species of China) long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni) | |
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| | (bird species of China) long-tailed broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae) | |
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| | long-tailed marmot | |
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| | Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜｜九尾龟 | |
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| | auspicious sculpted animal, usu. a unicorn or deer with a long tail / possession of the empire | |
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| | (bird species of China) rufous-tailed babbler (Moupinia poecilotis) | |
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| | tail feathers | |
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| | (bird species of China) white-tailed nuthatch (Sitta himalayensis) | |
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| | dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs | |
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| | (bird species of China) red-tailed laughingthrush (Trochalopteron milnei) | |
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| | (bird species of China) greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) | |
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| | (bird species of China) pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) | |
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| | short-tailed bird | |
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| | (bird species of China) rufous-tailed robin (Larvivora sibilans) | |
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| | lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together / head-to-tail / one thing starts where the other leaves off | |
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| | (bird species of China) black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) | |
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| | (bird species of China) long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) | |
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| | (bird species of China) long-tailed rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus) | |
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| | (bird species of China) bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) | |
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| | (bird species of China) red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) | |
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| | (bird species of China) wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) | |
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| | to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs | |
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| | stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper | |
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| | to follow sb's tracks / to tail | |
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| | (bird species of China) large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) | |
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| | (bird species of China) white-tailed flycatcher (Leucoptilon concretum) | |
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| | (bird species of China) wedge-tailed green pigeon (Treron sphenurus) | |
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| | (bird species of China) pin-tailed green pigeon (Treron apicauda) | |
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| | (bird species of China) long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) | |
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| | nine-tailed turtle of mythology / The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆｜张春帆 | |
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| | mining waste / waste remaining after processing ore / tailings | |
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| | (bird species of China) fire-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda) | |
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| | to follow sb / to tail / to shadow / also written 盯梢 | |
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| | (bird species of China) square-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris) | |
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| | (bird species of China) long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach) | |
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| | (bird species of China) red-tailed minla (Minla ignotincta) | |
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| | tailed larva / Cercaria (microscopic larva of parasitic Miracidium flatworm) | |
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| | (bird species of China) white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) | |
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| | (bird species of China) racket-tailed treepie (Crypsirina temia) | |
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