HSK 6 · Society

追究 zhuījiū “to investigate” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 追究 means

  1. to investigate
  2. to look into
  3. to hold accountable

How to say 追究

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale追zhuī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale究jiū1st tone, high and level

追究 in a sentence

  1. 这次事故一定要追究责任。

    Zhè cì shìgù yídìng yào zhuījiū zérèn.

    Someone must be held responsible for this accident.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这次就算了，我不追究了。

    Zhè cì jiùsuàn le, wǒ bù zhuījiū le.

    Let’s leave it this time. I won’t take it any further.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 追究 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 追 (zhuī) with each of its parts in a different colour
追zhuīto chase
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 㠯according toSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 㠯 () hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuī.

The character 究 (jiū) with each of its parts in a different colour
究jiūafter all
  • 穴cave · xuéMeaning part
  • 九nine · jiǔSound part

穴 hints at the meaning (cave); 九 (jiǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiū.

How to write 追究

追 9 strokes · 究 7 strokes

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

Words related to 追究

Words with 追

追zhuī · to chase追求zhuīqiú · to pursue (a goal)追悼zhuīdào · to mourn

Words with 究

究竟jiūjìng · to go to the bottom of a matter研究yánjiū · to research讲究jiǎngjiu · to be particular about终究zhōngjiū · after all

More words: Society & Law

殖民地zhímíndì · colony中立zhōnglì · neutral种族zhǒngzú · race追悼zhuīdào · to mourn驻扎zhùzhā · to be stationed宗教zōngjiào · religion走私zǒusī · to smuggle罪犯zuìfàn · criminal

FAQs

追究 (zhuījiū) means “to investigate” or “to look into”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuījiū: zhuī with a 1st tone, then jiū with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 追究 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuijiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 追究 from the suggestions. Typing zhuijiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
追究 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.