尋找

See also: 寻找

Chinese edit

	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 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

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 edit

尋找

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 edit

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)