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): ㄙㄡㄙㄨㄛˇ
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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sōusuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄡㄙㄨㄛˇ
  - 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

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)

hanja form^? of 수색 (“search”)