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寻

xún

HSK 5 Character Traditional 尋

What 寻 means

1. to search
2. to look for
3. to seek

Example sentences

• 搜寻！
  Search!
• 搜寻我。
  Search me.
• 继续搜寻。
  Keep searching.
• 寻找工作！
  Search for work!
• 开始搜寻。
  Start searching.
• 以姓名搜寻。
  Search by name.

Words starting with 寻

• 寻找xún zhǎoto seek; to look for
• 寻觅xún mìto look for
• 寻求xún qiúto seek; to look for
• 寻常xún chángusual; common; ordinary
• 寻思xún sīto consider; to ponder
• 寻访xún fǎngto inquire after; to look for (sb)
• 寻根xún gēnto seek one's roots; to get to the bottom of a matter
• 寻死xún sǐto attempt suicide; to court death
• 寻欢作乐xún huān zuò lèpleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
• 寻呼机xún hū jīpager; beeper
• 寻出xún chūto find out; to search out; to uncover
• 寻问xún wènto inquire
• 寻机xún jīto look for an opportunity
• 寻欢xún huānto seek pleasure (esp. sexual)
• 寻获xún huòto find; to track down; to recover (sth lost)
• 寻的xún dìhoming; target-seeking (military)
• 寻花xún huāflower-viewing; to visit a prostitute
• 寻水术xún shuǐ shùdowsing
• 寻开心xún kāi xīnto make fun of; to seek diversion
• 寻事生非xún shì shēng fēito look for trouble
• 寻根问底xún gēn wèn dǐlit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
• 寻址xún zhǐto address; to search for address; to input data into memory
• 寻宝xún bǎotreasure hunt
• 寻味xún wèito think sth over

Words containing 寻

• 搜寻sōu xúnto search; to look for
• 找寻zhǎo xúnto look for; to seek; to find fault
• 追寻zhuī xúnto pursue; to track down; to search
• 耐人寻味nài rén xún wèi(idiom) thought-provoking; to provide food for thought
• 不同寻常bù tóng xún chángout of the ordinary; unusual
• 探寻tàn xúnto search; to seek; to explore
• 非同寻常fēi tóng xún cháng(idiom) extraordinary
• 异乎寻常yì hū xún chángunusual; extraordinary
• 推寻tuī xúnto examine; to investigate
• 英寻Yīng xúnfathom (1.83 meters)
• 访寻fǎng xúnto enquire; to search
• 自寻死路zì xún sǐ lùto follow the path to one's own doom (idiom); to bring about one's own destruction
• 超乎寻常chāo hū xún chángout of the ordinary; exceptional
• 非比寻常fēi bǐ xún cháng(idiom) extraordinary
• 可寻址kě xún zhǐaddressable (computing); accessible via an address
• 追寻现代中国Zhuī xún Xiàn dài Zhōng guóIn Search of Modern China by Jonathan D Spence 史景迁
• 无迹可寻wú jì kě xún(idiom) to leave no trace; to have no detectable clues or signs
• 搜寻引擎sōu xún yǐn qíng(Tw, HK) search engine
• 妙探寻凶Miào tàn xún xiōngCluedo (board game)
• 踏雪寻梅tà xuě xún méito walk in the snow to view the flowering plum
• 自寻烦恼zì xún fán nǎoto bring trouble on oneself (idiom)
• 金毛寻回犬jīn máo xún huí quǎngolden retriever
• 追根寻底zhuī gēn xún dǐsee 追根究底

Characters built on 寸

These share the phonetic component 寸 (cùn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 村cūnvillage; (dialect) to scold; rustic; boorish
• 尊zūnsenior; of a senior generation; to honor
• 吋cùninch (English)
• 忖cǔnto ponder; to speculate; to consider

Characters that look like 寻

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 并bìngand; furthermore; also
• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 导dǎoto transmit; to lead; to guide
• 寺sìBuddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
• 吾wú(old) I; my
• 甬yǒngpath screened by walls on both sides

Sounds the same

Read xún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 询to ask about; to inquire about
• 旬(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month…
• 循(bound form) to follow; to act in accordance with
• 巡to patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
• 浔name of a river; steep bank
• 恂sincere
• 荀(archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts…
• 洵truly; whirlpool
• 鲟sturgeon; Acipenser sturio
• 峋used in 嶙峋
• 珣(gem)
• 郇name of a feudal state