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找

zhǎo

HSK 2 Character

What 找 means

1. to try to find
2. to look for
3. to call on sb
4. to find
5. to seek
6. to return
7. to give change

Example sentences

• 快去找。
  Quickly go find it.
• 我找她。
  I looked for her.
• 这是找零。
  Zhè shì zhǎolíng.
  Here's the change.
• 我在找你。
  I'm looking for you.
• 你在找谁？
  Who are you looking for?
• 找到汤姆。
  Get Tom.

Words starting with 找

• 找到zhǎo dàoto find
• 找出zhǎo chūto find; to search out
• 找回zhǎo huíto retrieve
• 找寻zhǎo xúnto look for; to seek; to find fault
• 找着zhǎo zháoto find
• 找上门zhǎo shàng ménto come to sb's door; to call on sb
• 找借口zhǎo jiè kǒuto look for a pretext
• 找事zhǎo shìto look for employment; to pick a quarrel
• 找钱zhǎo qiánto give change; to seek funding; (dialect) to make money; to earn a living
• 找遍zhǎo biànto search everywhere; to search high and low; to comb
• 找麻烦zhǎo má fanto look for trouble
• 找对象zhǎo duì xiàngto seek a marriage partner; looking for a mate
• 找平zhǎo píngto level (ground); to make level
• 找见zhǎo jiànto find (sth one has been looking for)
• 找头zhǎo touchange (from money paid)
• 找不到zhǎo bu dàocan't find
• 找不着zhǎo bu zháoto be unable to find
• 找机会zhǎo jī huìto look for an opportunity
• 找门路zhǎo mén lùto seek help from social connections
• 找不自在zhǎo bù zì zaito ask for trouble; to bring misfortune on oneself
• 找死zhǎo sǐto court death; to take a big risk
• 找不着北zhǎo bu zháo běito be confused and disoriented
• 找补zhǎo buto compensate; to make up; to complement
• 找台阶儿zhǎo tái jiē rto find an excuse; to look for a pretext

Words containing 找

• 寻找xún zhǎoto seek; to look for
• 查找chá zhǎoto search for; to look up
• 自找zì zhǎoto suffer as a consequence of one's own actions; you asked for it…
• 不用找bù yòng zhǎo"keep the change" (restaurant expression)
• 满地找牙mǎn dì zhǎo yáto be looking for one's teeth all over the floor; (fig.) to get beaten up badly…
• 花钱找罪受huā qián zhǎo zuì shòuto spend money on sth that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous
• 自找苦吃zì zhǎo kǔ chīto bring trouble on oneself
• 自找麻烦zì zhǎo má fanto ask for trouble; to invite difficulties
• 骑马找马qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ(idiom; colloquial) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc)…
• 骑驴找马qí lǘ zhǎo mǎ(idiom; colloquial) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc)…
• 骑驴找驴qí lǘ zhǎo lǘlit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)…

Characters that look like 找

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

• 我wǒI; me; my
• 欣xīnhappy
• 扶fúto support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something
• 枕zhěn(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. zhèn)
• 拢lǒngto gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up
• 抿mǐnto smooth hair with a wet brush; (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly; to sip

Sounds the same

Read zhǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 沼pond; pool
• 爪foot of a bird or animal; paw; claws
• 爫"claw" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 87)