Taxonomy of meanings for 追:　　

  • 追 zhuī (OC: krlul MC: ʈʷɯi) 陟隹切 平 廣韻：【逐也隨也陟隹切三 】
    • PURSUE
      • vadVfigurativegoing after the dead> posthumously; retrospectively 追錫之
      • vt(oN)pursue the contextually determinate object
      • vt(oN)figurativepursue the contextually determinate object
      • vt[oN]engage in pursuit, try to find things
      • vtoNfriendlypursue with friendly or at least peacefully competitive intentions
      • vtoNhostilego after, pursue, try to catch up with (and perhaps catch)
      • vtoNN=placefollow (behind) in pursuit
      • vt(oN)friendlygo after
      • vt(oN)hostilepursue a determinate person
      • nabactact of pursuingDS
      • exocentric: soldiers in pursuit> SOLDIER
        • generalised> FOLLOW
            • in communication> ACCOMPANY
              • vtoNaccompany (the dead); escort
          • abstract> SEEK
            • vt(oN)seek to retrieve (life after one has decided to die, etc.)
            • vtoNfigurativego after, try to get, try to retrieve
            • vtoNfigurativebe pursued
            • vtoNfigurativepursue as valuable (physical things)CH
            • by commanding to come> SUMMON
              • abstract: object understanding> INVESTIGATE
                  • return intellectually to origins of a matter> RETURN
                  • follow actions of> IMITATE
                    • vtoNemulate; aspire to equal, try to live up to,
                  • perfective> CATCH UP
                    • vtoNperfectivecatch up with
                    • vtoNpassivebe caught up with
                    • general: and take> OBTAIN
                      • vtoNfigurativefind
                      • intellectually> REMEMBER
                        • vt(oN)continue to be mindful of a determinate thing
                        • vtoNpursue in thought, let one's thoughts go out to; continue to be mindful of 追念
                    • object person> DETAIN
                      • so as to help> SAVE
                  • (for bells)> ROPE[THIS LINE TO BE DELETED!!!!!!!!!!!]
                    • STATES
                    • 追 duī《集韻》都回切，平灰端。微部。
                        • =彫？ ENGRAVE
                          • vtoNto carve
                      • 追 tuī《集韻》吐內切，去隊透。
                        • zhuīROPE
                          • nbell-rope

                        Additional information about 追

                        說文解字: 【追】，逐也。从辵、𠂤聲。 【陟隹切】

                          Criteria
                        • CATCH UP

                          1. Jí 及 emphasises the result of the successful pursuit, the reaching itself.

                          2. Zhuī 追 emphasises the process of the pursuit which has resulted in catching up.

                        • PURSUE

                          1. The current general word for pursuing something or going after something in a hostile way, driving what is pursued before one, competing with it for speed, is zhú 逐 and the word can only very occasionally refer to abstract pursuits like that of wisdom, as in the venatio sapientiae of Nicolas Cusanus. It is significant that the word currently means "to expel", where expelling and chasing are not always easy to distinguish.

                          2. Zhuī 追 refers to the attempt of catching up with anything, characteristically a kòu 寇 "enemy" or thief (who may not know he is being pursued) but without any attending notion that what is being caught up with is NECESSARILY trying to escape or to make great speed, and the word is regularly used in figurative derived meanings "to seek", as in zhuī lì 追利 "chasing after profit".

                          3. Suǒ 索 emphasises the seeking aspect in the pursuit of something or someone.

                          4. Jí 及 and the rarer dài 逮 refer to a successful pursuit. See CATCH UP

                          5. Qū 驅 suggests a hot and fast pursuit typically uncrowned by success.

                          Word relations
                        • Result: (PURSUE)得/CATCH Dé 得 "obtain" can sometimes come to refer to catching what is trying to escape capture.
                        • Ant: (REMEMBER)忘 / 亡/DISREGARD The current general word for refusing to pay attention to something which one knows very well is wàng 忘 (ant. shèn 慎 "pay special careful attention to"????).
                        • Ant: (PURSUE)拒/REFUSE Jù 拒 (ant. chéng 承 "accept (a task)") refers to emphatic refusal, a decision to have nothing to do with something.
                        • Assoc: (PURSUE)及/CATCH UP Jí 及 emphasises the result of the successful pursuit, the reaching itself.
                        • Assoc: (REMEMBER)念/THINK Niàn 念 refers to intense intellectual effort and strenuous attention, and zhèng niàn 正念 refers to correct intellectual efforts in Buddhist Chinese..
                        • Assoc: (PURSUE)求/SEEK The current general word for trying to find or get something is qiú 求.
                        • Assoc: (ACCOMPANY)送/ACCOMPANY
                        • Assoc: (PURSUE)逐/PURSUE The current general word for pursuing something or going after something in a hostile way, driving what is pursued before one, competing with it for speed, is zhú 逐 and the word can only very occasionally refer to abstract pursuits like that of wisdom, as in the venatio sapientiae of Nicolas Cusanus. It is significant that the word currently means "to expel", where expelling and chasing are not always easy to distinguish.
                        • Synon: (IMITATE)法/IMITATE Fǎ 法 refers to modelling oneself on distant ideals, typical abstract, or historically placed in the distant mythical past.
                        • Synon: (PURSUE)逐/PURSUE The current general word for pursuing something or going after something in a hostile way, driving what is pursued before one, competing with it for speed, is zhú 逐 and the word can only very occasionally refer to abstract pursuits like that of wisdom, as in the venatio sapientiae of Nicolas Cusanus. It is significant that the word currently means "to expel", where expelling and chasing are not always easy to distinguish.