追上

zhuīshàng
to overtake

CEDICT

Examples

他跑着追上他哥哥。

He ran to catch up to his brother.

Source: Tatoeba

齊莉努力追上里馬。

Ziri was trying to catch up to Rima.

Source: Tatoeba

我們很快就追上了他們。

We soon caught up with them.

Source: Tatoeba

汤姆试图去追上玛丽，但是他没成功。

Tom tried to catch up with Mary, but he couldn't.

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我必须努力学习，才能追上其他学生。

I had to study hard to keep up with the other students.

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我無論怎麼努力，都永遠無法追上他。

No matter how hard I try, I will never be able to catch up with him.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 追 zhuī
  1. to chase
  2. to pursue
  3. to look into
  4. to investigate
  5. to reminisce
  6. to recall
  7. to court (one's beloved)
  8. to binge-watch (a TV drama)
  9. retroactively
  10. posthumously
2 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above

Related entries

超車 chāochē to overtake (another car)
趕超 gǎnchāo to overtake
超 chāo
  1. to exceed
  2. to overtake
  3. to surpass
  4. to transcend
  5. to pass
  6. to cross
  7. ultra-
  8. super-
超讚的。

This is fucking cool.

Source: Tatoeba

趕上 gǎnshàng
  1. to keep up with
  2. to catch up with
  3. to overtake
  4. to chance upon
  5. in time for
赶上时髦

Get with it.

Source: Tatoeba

追趕 zhuīgǎn
  1. to pursue
  2. to chase after
  3. to accelerate
  4. to catch up with
  5. to overtake
我盡力追趕他。

I ran as fast as possible to catch up with him.

Source: Tatoeba