PURSUE    追趕逐

FOLLOW so as to TRY to REACH OR CATCH.
FOLLOWRUN AFTERCHASEHUNTSTALKTRACKTRAILSHADOWHOUNDCOURSEINFORMAL TAIL
Old Chinese Criteria
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.
Modern Chinese Criteria
追趕 追逐 追逼 尾追 追 趕 攆 你追我趕 迎頭趕上 奮起直追 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
  • AVOIDACT so as to CAUSE ONESELF NOT to ENCOUNTER OR SUFFER something.
Hypernym
  • FOLLOW　WALK TOGETHER with AND BEHIND. (anc: 12/0, child: 3)
  • WALK　MOVE across the FLOOR>ground USING one's LEGS. (anc: 11/0, child: 16)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 10.53

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 180

  • “孟子”同義詞研究 ( MENGZI TONGYI 2002) p. 312

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1432

    追，逐

    1. WL claims that at the earliest stage zhu2 逐 refers to the pursuit of wild beasts. The reference, here, should be specifically to Jiaguwen, becasuse the one occurrence in the old part of SHU refers to human objects, and the word does not come in SHI. Moreover, in ZUO, what is pursued by way of animals is very little indeed: fish, dogs and the like, and very little of the bovines, boar, tigers and the like the prevail throughout Jiaguwen. This kind of discontinuity of usage is quite interesting.

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 319

    • Words (17 items)

    追  zhuī OC: krlul MC: ʈi 66 Attributions

    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".

      Word relations
    • Result: 得/CATCH Dé 得 "obtain" can sometimes come to refer to catching what is trying to escape capture.
    • Ant: 拒/REFUSE Jù 拒 (ant. chéng 承 "accept (a task)") refers to emphatic refusal, a decision to have nothing to do with something.
    • Assoc: 及/CATCH UP Jí 及 emphasises the result of the successful pursuit, the reaching itself.
    • Assoc: 求/SEEK The current general word for trying to find or get something is qiú 求.
    • Assoc: 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: 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.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactact of pursuingDS
    • 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)friendlygo after
    • vt(oN)hostilepursue a determinate person
    • 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
    逐  zhú OC: rlɯwɡ MC: ɖuk 55 Attributions

    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.

      Word relations
    • Result: 及/REACH The current general word for reaching a place or even an abstract stage is jí 及.
    • Result: 獲/ARREST Huò 獲 typically refers to managing to capture a person who is trying to escape or who is difficult to catch. [DIFFICULT], [DRAMATIC]
    • Assoc: 追/PURSUE 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".
    • Synon: 追/PURSUE 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".

      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)pursue the contextually determinate objects
    • vt+N.adVto V something N by N,
    • vt+prep+Nfigurativebe in pursuit of (wisdom etc)
    • vt[oN]pursue thingsCH
    • vtoNfigurativepursue, chase after
    • vtoNN=humanpursue; chase; hunt after; hunt for (also abstractly: wisdom); engage in a private hunt of
    • vtoNN=nonhugo after, chase (deer or fish etc); go in search of (something to eat etc)
    • vtoNpassivefigurative: be successfully pursued> be equalled, be parallelledCH
    從  cóng OC: dzoŋ MC: dzi̯oŋ 13 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpursue (somebody or something); go after someone in order to find or retrieve him
    索  suǒ OC: saaɡ MC: sɑk 6 Attributions

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

      Syntactic words
    • nabactthe pursuing of people with the aim of arresting them
    • vtoNseek to arrest, conduct a search for (a person, in order to arrest or consult him/her);
    隨  suí MC: zjwe OC: sɢlol 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpursue, go after, follow up; avenge
    馳  chí OC: rlal MC: ɖiɛ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNrace after, pursue
    趁  chèn OC: kh-lɯns MC: ʈhin 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vpostadVV while persuing somebody
    • vtoNpursue[CA]
    驅  qū OC: kho MC: khi̯o 2 Attributions

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

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNrace after, transferred sense: chase after (verbal skills)
    追求  zhuī qiú OC: krlul ɡu MC: ʈi gɨu 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)pursue the contextually determinate object
    • VPtoNpursue
    遂  suì OC: sɢluds MC: zi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)pursue
    後逐  hòu zhú OC: ɡooʔ rlɯwɡ MC: ɦu ɖuk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)run after
    尋逐  xún zhú OC: ljum rlɯwɡ MC: zim ɖuk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)pursue the contextually determinate N
    逐捕  zhú bǔ OC: rlɯwɡ baas MC: ɖuk buo̝ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativepursue so as to catch
    逐走  zhú zǒu OC: rlɯwɡ tsooʔ MC: ɖuk tsu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)run after a contextually determinate object N
    追逐  zhuī zhú OC: krlul rlɯwɡ MC: ʈi ɖuk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPifigurativepursue things, engage in chasing things
    逮  dài OC: ɡ-lɯɯds MC: dəi 0 Attributions

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

      Syntactic words
    乘  chéng OC: ɢjɯŋ MC: ʑɨŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNchase after; pursue