摸索

Chinese

		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	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
trad. (摸索)		摸	索
simp. #(摸索)		摸	索

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mōsuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo² saak³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mo͘-sak / mo͘-soh / bo͘-sak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mōsuǒ → mōsuo (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛ ㄙㄨㄛˇ → ㄇㄛ ˙ㄙㄨㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mosuo̊
    • Wade–Giles: mo¹-so⁵
    • Yale: mwō-swo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mho.suoo
    • Palladius: мосо (moso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo² saak³
    • Yale: mó saak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo² saak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo² sag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː³⁵ saːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo͘-sak
    • Tâi-lô: moo-sak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mosag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃³³ sak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo͘-soh
    • Tâi-lô: moo-soh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mosoiq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² soʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo͘-sak
    • Tâi-lô: boo-sak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bosag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ³³ sak̚⁵/

Verb

摸索

1. to grope; to feel about; to fumble; to fiddle
2. to try to find

Synonyms

• (try to find):

• 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)
• 搜索 (sōusuǒ)
• 搜身 (sōushēn) (to frisk)
• 搵／揾
• 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)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
摸	索
も Hyōgaiji	さく Grade: S
goon	kan’on

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

【模索もさく】 [noun] groping [verb] to grope, to fumble for

(This term, 摸索, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)