搜索

See also: 捜索

Chinese

		to search	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
trad. (搜索)		搜	索
simp. #(搜索)		搜	索
alternative forms		蒐索

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sōusuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄡ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² sok³, sau² saak³, sau¹ saak³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu-sok
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): so-soh / so-sok / so͘-sek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siou¹ sog⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōusuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sousuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: sou¹-so³
    • Yale: sōu-swǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sousuoo
    • Palladius: соусо (souso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² sok³, sau² saak³, sau¹ saak³
    • Yale: sáu sok, sáu saak, sāu saak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² sok⁸, sau² saak⁸, sau¹ saak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² sog³, seo² sag³, seo¹ sag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ sɔːk̚³/, /sɐu̯³⁵ saːk̚³/, /sɐu̯⁵⁵ saːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-sok
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu´ sog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ sog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴ sok̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so-soh
    • Tâi-lô: so-soh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soisoiq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /so⁴⁴⁻²² soʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so-sok
    • Tâi-lô: so-sok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soisog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so³³ sɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘-sek
    • Tâi-lô: soo-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soseg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siou¹ sog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siou sok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siou³³⁻²³ sok̚²/

Verb

搜索

1. to search; to look for

Usage notes

For the computing sense, 搜索 (sōusuǒ) is used in Mainland China while 搜尋／搜寻 (sōuxún) is used in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Synonyms

• 尋找／寻找 (xúnzhǎo)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ)
• 搜索引擎 (sōusuǒ yǐnqíng)
• 搜索枯腸／搜索枯肠 (sōusuǒkūcháng)
• 搜索機／搜索机 (sōusuǒjī)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
搜	索
そう Jinmeiyō	さく Grade: S
kan’on	on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 搜索 – see the following entry.

【捜索そうさく】 [noun] search (rescue of a missing person etc.) [noun] investigation (police investigation) [verb] to search (especially for a missing person or people) [verb] to investigate Alternative spelling 廋索

(This term, 搜索, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
搜	索

Noun

搜索 • (susaek) (hangeul 수색)

1. Hanja form^? of 수색 (“search”).