尋摸

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy
trad. (尋摸)		尋	摸
simp. (寻摸)		寻	摸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnmō

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄇㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ mo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnmō → xúnmo (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄇㄛ → ㄒㄩㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnmo̊
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-mo⁵
    • Yale: syún-mwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun.mho
    • Palladius: сюньмо (sjunʹmo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵/ → /ɕyn³⁵ mu̯ɔ³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ mo²
    • Yale: chàhm mó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ mo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ mo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ mɔː³⁵/

Verb

尋摸

1. (literary or colloquial) to seek; to look for

Synonyms

• 參訪／参访 (cānfǎng) (literary)
• 尋求／寻求 (xúnqiú)
• 探求 (tànqiú)
• 搜 (sōu)
• 求 (qiú)
• 求思 (qiúsī) (literary)
• 熱衷／热衷 (rèzhōng)
• 牟取 (móuqǔ) (usually illegally)
• 獵取／猎取 (lièqǔ)
• 考究
• 覓／觅 (mì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 訪查／访查 (fǎngchá) (literary)
• 謀取／谋取 (móuqǔ)
• 謀求／谋求 (móuqiú)
• 講求／讲求 (jiǎngqiú)
• 講究／讲究 (jiǎngjiu)
• 追求 (zhuīqiú)
• 追逐 (zhuīzhú)