尋找

See also: 寻找

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	to try to find; to look for; to call on (sb) to try to find; to look for; to call on (sb); to find; to seek; to return
trad. (尋找)		尋	找
simp. (寻找)		寻	找
anagram		找尋／找寻

Etymology

Morphologically compare Manchu ᡶ᠋ᡠᠵᡠᡵᡠᠯᠠᠮᡝ
ᠪᠠᡳ᠌ᠮᠪᡳ (fujurulame baimbi), Yakut көрдөөн бул (kördöön bul), etc.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xúnzhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄓㄠˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щинзо (xinzo, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ zaau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhìm-cháu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sîm-chhēr / sîm-chhē / sîm-chhōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cim⁵ dao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnzhǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄓㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnjhǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-chao³
    • Yale: syún-jǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunjao
    • Palladius: сюньчжао (sjunʹčžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щинзо (xinzo, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ²⁴ t͡sɔ⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ zaau²
    • Yale: chàhm jáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ dzaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ zao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ t͡saːu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhìm-cháu
    • Hakka Romanization System: qimˇ zau`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qim² zau³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰim¹¹ t͡sau̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîm-chhēr
    • Tâi-lô: sîm-tshēr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰə⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîm-chhē
    • Tâi-lô: sîm-tshē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simzhe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîm-chhōe
    • Tâi-lô: sîm-tshuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simzhoe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim¹³⁻²² t͡sʰue²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cim⁵ dao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshîm táu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tau⁵²/

Verb

尋找

1. to look for; to seek

   他四處尋找丟失的鑰匙。 [MSC, trad.]
   他四处寻找丢失的钥匙。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā sìchù xúnzhǎo diūshī de yàoshi. [Pinyin]

   He looked here and there for the missing keys.

Synonyms

• 尋查／寻查 (xúnchá)
• 尋索／寻索 (xúnsuǒ)
• 尋覓／寻觅 (xúnmì)
• 找 (zhǎo)
• 找尋／找寻 (zhǎoxún)
• 抄身 (chāoshēn) (to frisk)
• 探尋／探寻 (tànxún)
• 探索 (tànsuǒ) (literary, in order to find evidence)
• 搜 (sōu)
• 搜尋／搜寻 (sōuxún)
• 搜查 (sōuchá) (in order to find evidence)
• 搜索 (sōusuǒ)
• 搜身 (sōushēn) (to frisk)
• 搵／揾
• 摸索 (mōsuǒ)
• 查尋／查寻 (cháxún)
• 查找 (cházhǎo)
• 檢索／检索 (jiǎnsuǒ) (to look up)
• 緝查／缉查 (jīchá) (in order to find evidence)
• 追尋／追寻 (zhuīxún)
• 追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)