HSK 6 · Verbs

跟踪 gēnzōng “to track” in Chinese

Traditional 跟蹤

What 跟踪 means

  1. to track
  2. to follow
  3. to tail
  4. to follow sb’s tracks
  5. to shadow
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • tracking

How to say 跟踪

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale跟gēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale踪zōng1st tone, high and level

跟踪 in a sentence

  1. 我确定没人跟踪我。

    Wǒ quèdìng méi rén gēnzōng wǒ.

    I’m sure no one was following me.

    Sentence #6131489 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 狮子在跟踪它的猎物。

    Shīzi zài gēnzōng tā de lièwù.

    The lion is stalking its prey.

    Sentence #8744840 from Tatoeba

  3. 他在跟踪你。

    Tā zài gēnzōng nǐ.

    He’s following you.

    Sentence #9779550 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 跟踪 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 跟 (gēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
跟gēnheel
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 艮stopping · gěnSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 艮 (gěn) hints at the sound. Compare it with gēn.

The character 踪 (zōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
踪zōngfootprint; trace; tracks
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 宗ancestry · zōngSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 宗 (zōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zōng.

How to write 跟踪

跟 13 strokes · 踪 15 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

跟踪 (gēnzōng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 跟踪 (gēnzōng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 跟踪

Words with 跟

跟gēn · to follow跟前gēnqián · in front of跟随gēnsuí · to follow

Words with 踪

失踪shīzōng · to go missing踪迹zōngjì · trace

More words: Common Verbs

割gē · to cut隔离gélí · to isolate更正gēngzhèng · to correct跟随gēnsuí · to follow巩固gǒnggù · to consolidate攻击gōngjī · to attack攻克gōngkè · to capture贯彻guànchè · to implement

FAQs

跟踪 (gēnzōng) means “to track” or “to follow”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gēnzōng: gēn with a 1st tone, then zōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 跟踪 is written 跟蹤. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type genzong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 跟踪 from the suggestions. Typing genzong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
跟踪 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.