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搜

sōu

HSK 5 Character

What 搜 means

1. to search
2. variant of {搜|sōu}

Other readings

搜 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• sōuto collect; to gather

Example sentences

• 搜寻！
  Search!
• 搜寻我。
  Search me.
• 继续搜寻。
  Keep searching.
• 搜查房子。
  Search the house.
• 搜查继续。
  The search continues.
• 开始搜寻。
  Start searching.

Words starting with 搜

• 搜索sōu suǒto search (a place, a database, online etc); to search for (sth)
• 搜狐Sōu húSohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
• 搜集sōu jíto gather; to collect
• 搜寻sōu xúnto search; to look for
• 搜查sōu cháto search
• 搜索引擎sōu suǒ yǐn qíngsearch engine
• 搜捕sōu bǔto hunt and arrest (fugitives); to track down and arrest; a manhunt
• 搜罗sōu luóto gather; to collect; to bring together
• 搜身sōu shēnto do a body search; to frisk
• 搜刮sōu guāto rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry
• 搜救sōu jiùsearch and rescue
• 搜检sōu jiǎnto search out; to check
• 搜求sōu qiúto seek; to look for
• 搜获sōu huòto find; to capture (after search); to uncover (evidence)
• 搜证sōu zhèngto gather evidence (in a criminal case)
• 搜查令sōu chá lìngsearch warrant
• 搜神记Sōu shén JìIn Search of the Supernatural, compilation of legends about spirits, ghosts and other…
• 搜索票sōu suǒ piàosearch warrant (Tw)
• 搜索队sōu suǒ duìsearch party
• 搜索树sōu suǒ shù(computing) search tree
• 搜狗Sōu gǒuSogou, Chinese technology company known for its search engine and input method editor
• 搜寻引擎sōu xún yǐn qíng(Tw, HK) search engine
• 搜救犬sōu jiù quǎnsearch and rescue dog
• 搜肠刮肚sōu cháng guā dùto search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution

Words containing 搜

• 情搜qíng sōuintelligence gathering
• 热搜rè sōu(Internet) popular search query
• 上热搜shàng rè sōu(Internet) (of a search query) to be trending
• 全文搜索quán wén sōu suǒfull-text search
• 人肉搜索rén ròu sōu suǒto crowdsource information about sb or sth…
• 人肉搜索引擎rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíng(neologism, attested by 2003) human flesh search engine…
• 抠搜kōu sou(colloquial) stingy; miserly
• 肉搜ròu sōu(Taiwan) abbr. for 人肉搜索
• 抠抠搜搜kōu kou sōu sōusee 抠搜

Characters built on 叟

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

• 艘sōuclassifier for ships; Taiwan pr. sāo
• 瘦shòuthin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight
• 馊sōurancid; soured (as food)
• 嗖sōu(onomatopoeia) whooshing; swishing; rustle of skirts
• 飕sōuto blow (as of wind); sound of wind; sough
• 锼sōuto engrave (metal of wood)
• 螋sōuused in 蠼螋
• 溲sōuto urinate

Characters that look like 搜

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

• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
• 授shòu(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
• 携xiéto carry; to take along; to bring along
• 搅jiǎoto disturb; to annoy; to mix
• 揽lǎnto monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc)
• 徨huángused in 彷徨

Sounds the same

Read sōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 艘classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. sāo
• 嗖(onomatopoeia) whooshing; swishing; rustle of skirts
• 飕to blow (as of wind); sound of wind; sough
• 馊rancid; soured (as food)
• 蒐(literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia); (literary) to hunt during spring
• 獀dog (dial.); to hunt
• 锼to engrave (metal of wood)
• 螋used in 蠼螋
• 溲to urinate
• 廋to search; be concealed
• 鄋see 鄋瞒
• 廀old variant of 廋