<p>If you search the corpus, &quot;结了尾&quot; exists but is very rare:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>报道还再次对于为躲避右翼攻击，古义人一直是如何“处世”的做了点评，最后以“应该学习内弟不怕再次被刺的勇气”<strong>结了尾</strong> 。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>结尾了 is much more common:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>时间已经很紧了，再举出几件事实，再引述一句他的话，就只好这样<strong>结尾了</strong>。</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>但这几天实在是精疲力尽，便草草<strong>结尾了</strong>。</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>只要你们把这个吊桥砍断，就有可能以喜剧<strong>结尾了</strong>。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I think &quot;结了尾&quot; is corrupted from &quot;收了尾&quot;. As verbs, both &quot;结尾&quot; and &quot;收尾&quot; can mean to finish something. However, 收尾 is officially a separable verb and &quot;收了尾&quot; is more common than &quot;结了尾&quot;:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>她脸绯红了，飞快地将故事<strong>收了尾</strong>。</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>双方都不再贸然出击，上半场就这样略显沉闷地<strong>收了尾</strong>。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Also a few phrases derived from 收尾:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>必须承认，王传志是个很能干的人，为国家做出了重大贡献。部党组希望他能<strong>收个豹尾</strong> 。(豹尾 is used to describe a strong, remarkable ending.)</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>我狂热地写作：十幕剧，<strong>收不住尾</strong>的长篇小说，一卷又一卷短篇小说，大量的诗歌。(收不住尾 = unable to write an ending to a novel.)</p>
</blockquote>

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<p>Is 结尾 a (separable) verb?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Yes. Per 汉典:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><strong><a href="https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E7%BB%93" rel="nofollow noreferrer">結 &lt;动&gt;</a></strong> - 植物生长果实, 结果(bear fruit)。</p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E7%BB%93%E5%B0%BE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">结尾</a> - 结束(ending/terminate).</p>
</li>
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<p>Similar words - 结(了)案; 结(了)婚; 结(了)帳</p>

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<p><a href="https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1878074" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tatoeba</a> has the sentence</p>
<blockquote>
<p>这个故事仓促地<strong>结</strong>了<strong>尾</strong>。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>wherein 结尾 is being used as a separable verb.  Honestly, before seeing this sentence, I didn't even realize 结尾 could be used as a verb.</p>
<p>CC-CEDICT includes a verb definition for 结尾:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E7%BB%93%E5%B0%BE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CC-CEDICT</a> 结尾: (jié​wěi)​ ending / coda / to wind up</p>
</blockquote>
<p>But ChatGPT thinks it's unusual:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>... In the sentence &quot;这个故事仓促地结了尾,&quot; the usage of &quot;结了尾&quot; is a bit unusual. The more common expression would be &quot;故事仓促地结束了&quot; (The story ended hastily). ...</p>
</blockquote>
<p>And it has been hard finding examples of 结尾 being used as a verb online, such as at <a href="https://youdao.com/result?word=%E7%BB%93%20%E5%B0%BE&amp;lang=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">YouDao</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%E7%BB%93%E4%BA%86%E5%B0%BE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Baidu</a>.</p>
<p>My Pleco dictionary (&quot;GF&quot;) has a verb definition 结束；完成最后的工作; one example sentence is 这件事由我来结尾。</p>
<p><strong>Question</strong>: Is 结尾 a (separable) verb?</p>
<p>Maybe it's worth knowing this rare usage exists, but I shouldn't use it or I'll get marked down.</p>

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Is 结尾 a (separable) verb?
# Is 结尾 a (separable) verb?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-12-09)

[Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1878074) has the sentence

> 这个故事仓促地**结**了**尾**。

wherein 结尾 is being used as a separable verb. Honestly, before seeing this sentence, I didn't even realize 结尾 could be used as a verb.

CC-CEDICT includes a verb definition for 结尾:

> [CC-CEDICT](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E7%BB%93%E5%B0%BE) 结尾: (jié​wěi)​ ending / coda / to wind up

But ChatGPT thinks it's unusual:

> ... In the sentence "这个故事仓促地结了尾," the usage of "结了尾" is a bit unusual. The more common expression would be "故事仓促地结束了" (The story ended hastily). ...

And it has been hard finding examples of 结尾 being used as a verb online, such as at [YouDao](https://youdao.com/result?word=%E7%BB%93%20%E5%B0%BE&lang=en) and [Baidu](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E7%BB%93%E4%BA%86%E5%B0%BE).

My Pleco dictionary ("GF") has a verb definition 结束；完成最后的工作; one example sentence is 这件事由我来结尾。

**Question**: Is 结尾 a (separable) verb?

Maybe it's worth knowing this rare usage exists, but I shouldn't use it or I'll get marked down.

**Tags:** meaning, word, verbs


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-12-09. Score: 1

If you search the corpus, "结了尾" exists but is very rare:

> 报道还再次对于为躲避右翼攻击，古义人一直是如何“处世”的做了点评，最后以“应该学习内弟不怕再次被刺的勇气”**结了尾** 。

结尾了 is much more common:

> 时间已经很紧了，再举出几件事实，再引述一句他的话，就只好这样**结尾了**。

> 但这几天实在是精疲力尽，便草草**结尾了**。

> 只要你们把这个吊桥砍断，就有可能以喜剧**结尾了**。

I think "结了尾" is corrupted from "收了尾". As verbs, both "结尾" and "收尾" can mean to finish something. However, 收尾 is officially a separable verb and "收了尾" is more common than "结了尾":

> 她脸绯红了，飞快地将故事**收了尾**。

> 双方都不再贸然出击，上半场就这样略显沉闷地**收了尾**。

Also a few phrases derived from 收尾:

> 必须承认，王传志是个很能干的人，为国家做出了重大贡献。部党组希望他能**收个豹尾** 。(豹尾 is used to describe a strong, remarkable ending.)

> 我狂热地写作：十幕剧，**收不住尾**的长篇小说，一卷又一卷短篇小说，大量的诗歌。(收不住尾 = unable to write an ending to a novel.)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-12-09. Score: 1

> Is 结尾 a (separable) verb?

Yes. Per 汉典:

* **[結 <动>](https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E7%BB%93)** - 植物生长果实, 结果(bear fruit)。
* [结尾](https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E7%BB%93%E5%B0%BE) - 结束(ending/terminate).

Similar words - 结(了)案; 结(了)婚; 结(了)帳


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