搜尋

See also: 搜寻

Chinese

		to search	to search; to look for; to seek
trad. (搜尋)		搜	尋
simp. (搜寻)		搜	寻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sōuxún

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄡ ㄒㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² cam⁴, sau¹ cam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): so-sîm / so͘-sîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōuxún
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ ㄒㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sousyún
    • Wade–Giles: sou¹-hsün²
    • Yale: sōu-syún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soushyun
    • Palladius: соусюнь (sousjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕyn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² cam⁴, sau¹ cam⁴
    • Yale: sáu chàhm, sāu chàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² tsam⁴, sau¹ tsam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² cem⁴, seo¹ cem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐm²¹/, /sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so-sîm
    • Tâi-lô: so-sîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soisiim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /so⁴⁴⁻²² sim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /so⁴⁴⁻²² sim¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so³³ sim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘-sîm
    • Tâi-lô: soo-sîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sosiim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² sim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² sim¹³/

Verb

搜尋

1. to search (for); to look for; to hunt for; to seek

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)

 

Derived terms

• 搜尋器／搜寻器 (sōuxúnqì)
• 搜尋引擎／搜寻引擎 (sōuxún yǐnqíng)