尾 mei⁵ {wěi}

(noun) the end (of story; movie, etc.)

尾 mei⁵ {wěi}

1. tail
2. remainder
3. remnant
4. extremity
5. sixth of the 28 constellations
6. classifier for fish

尾 mei⁵ {yǐ}

1. horse's tail
2. pointed posterior section of a locust etc

尾指 mei¹ zi² {wěi zhǐ}

the small (last) finger of the hand; pinky

尾車〔-车〕 mei⁵ ce¹ {wěi chē}

Last car/ bus/ train/ tram

尾場〔-场〕 mei⁵ coeng⁴ {wěi chǎng}

the last show; the last part

尾房 mei⁵ fong² {wěi fáng}

room at the end of the corridor

尾喉 mei⁵ hau⁴ {wěi hóu}

back pipes of the car; exhaust pipes; exhaust muffler

尾後〔-后〕 mei⁵ hau⁶ {wěi hòu}

at the end

尾二 mei⁵ ji⁶ {wěi èr}

second last (spoken)

尾禡〔-祃〕 mei⁵ ngaa⁴ {wěi mà}

Weiya, year-end dinner for employees

尾巴 mei⁵ baa¹ {wěi ba}

tail

尾巴 mei⁵ baa¹ {yǐ ba}

(coll.) tail (of an animal)

尾部 mei⁵ bou⁶ {wěi bù}

1. back part
2. rear or tail section

尾隨〔-随〕 mei⁵ ceoi⁴ {wěi suí}

1. to tail behind
2. to tag along
3. to follow on the heels of

尾燈〔-灯〕 mei⁵ dang¹ {wěi dēng}

tail light (on vehicle)

尾款 mei⁵ fun² {wěi kuǎn}

balance (money remaining due)

尾擊〔-击〕 mei⁵ gik¹ {wěi jī}

attack from the rear

尾骨 mei⁵ gwat¹ {wěi gǔ}

1. coccyx
2. tailbone

尾氣〔-气〕 mei⁵ hei³ {wěi qì}

1. exhaust (i.e. waste gas from engine)
2. emissions

尾欠 mei⁵ him³ {wěi qiàn}

1. balance due
2. small balance still to pay
3. final remaining debt

尾音 mei⁵ jam¹ {wěi yīn}

1. final sound of a syllable
2. rhyme (e.g. in European languages)

尾蚴 mei⁵ jau³ {wěi yòu}

1. tailed larva
2. Cercaria (microscopic larva of parasitic Miracidium flatworm)

尾翼 mei⁵ jik⁶ {wěi yì}

1. tail wing
2. empennage (arrow feathers or tail assembly of plane)
3. tail unit

尾頁〔-页〕 mei⁵ jip⁶ {wěi yè}

last page

尾羽 mei⁵ jyu⁵ {wěi yǔ}

tail feathers

尾鰭〔-鳍〕 mei⁵ kei⁴ {wěi qí}

tail or caudal fin

尾期 mei⁵ kei⁴ {wěi qī}

1. final period
2. the end (of a term)
3. the close

尾礦〔-矿〕 mei⁵ kwong³ {wěi kuàng}

1. mining waste
2. waste remaining after processing ore
3. tailings

尾流 mei⁵ lau⁴ {wěi liú}

1. wake (trailing behind a ship, airplane etc)
2. slipstream

尾牙 mei⁵ ngaa⁴ {wěi yá}

a year-end dinner for employees

尾梢 mei⁵ saau¹ {wěi shāo}

1. the tip
2. the end
3. the very end

尾生 mei⁵ sang¹ {Wěi Shēng}

1. Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters)
2. sb who keeps to their word no matter what

尾水 mei⁵ seoi² {wěi shuǐ}

1. tailwater
2. outflow (from mill or power plant)

尾聲〔-声〕 mei⁵ sing¹ {wěi shēng}

1. coda
2. epilogue
3. end

尾數〔-数〕 mei⁵ sou³ {wěi shù}

1. remainder (after rounding a number)
2. decimal part (of number after the decimal point)
3. mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.)
4. small change
5. balance (of an account)

尾韻〔-韵〕 mei⁵ wan⁵ {wěi yùn}

rhyme

尾綴〔-缀〕 mei⁵ zeoi⁶ {wěi zhuì}

1. (lit.) to follow sb
2. (linguistics) suffix
3. ending
4. (computing) file name extension

尾子 mei⁵ zi² {wěi zi}

1. tail
2. end
3. small change
4. odd sum remaining after large round number

尾註〔-注〕 mei⁵ zyu³ {wěi zhù}

endnote

尾尾屎 mei¹ mei¹ si² {wěi wěi shǐ}

noun; the last one, or the worst one

尾班車〔--车〕 mei⁵ baan¹ ce¹ {wěi bān chē}

Last train/ bus/ tram/ car

尾龍骨〔-龙-〕 mei⁵ lung⁴ gwat¹ {wěi lóng gǔ}

coccyx; tailbone

尾羽龍〔--龙〕 mei⁵ jyu⁵ lung⁴ {wěi yǔ lóng}

caudipteryx (a feathered dinosaur)

尾礦庫〔-矿库〕 mei⁵ kwong³ fu³ {wěi kuàng kù}

1. slag heap
2. dump of mining waste

尾閭骨〔-闾-〕 mei⁵ leoi⁴ gwat¹ {wěi lǘ gǔ}

coccyx

尾張國〔-张国〕 mei⁵ zoeng¹ gwok³ {Wěi zhāng guó}

Owari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi prefecture around Nagoya

尾大不掉 mei⁵ daai⁶ bat¹ diu⁶ {wěi dà bù diào}

1. large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy
2. fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates

尾水渠道 mei⁵ seoi² keoi⁴ dou⁶ {wěi shuǐ qú dào}

outflow channel