HSK 5 · Science

搜索 sōusuǒ “to search (online)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 搜索 means

  1. to search (online)
  2. to look for
  3. to search (a place, a database, online etc)
  4. to search for (sth)

How to say 搜索

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale搜sōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale索suǒ3rd tone, dipping

搜索 in a sentence

  1. 我们分散开来并在树林中展开搜索。

    Wǒmen fēnsàn kāilai bìng zài shùlín zhōng zhǎnkāi sōusuǒ.

    We spread out and began searching the woods.

    Sentence #1409364 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 援救人员为了找到孩子，仔细搜索了那个区域。

    Yuánjiù rényuán wèile zhǎodào háizi, zǐxì sōusuǒ le nà ge qūyù.

    The rescuers searched the area carefully to find the child.

    Sentence #333292 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 搜索 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 搜 (sōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
搜sōuto search
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 叟old man · sǒuSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 叟 (sǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with sōu.

The character 索 (suǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
索suǒto search
  • 十ten · shí
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 糸silk · mì

How to write 搜索

搜 12 strokes · 索 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

搜索 (sōusuǒ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 搜索 (sōusuǒ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 搜索

Words with 索

思索sīsuǒ · to ponder索取suǒqǔ · to ask for探索tànsuǒ · to explore摸索mōsuǒ · to grope线索xiànsuǒ · clue索性suǒxìng · might as well

More words: Science & Technology

输入shūrù · to input鼠标shǔbiāo · mouse (computing)数据shùjù · data数码shùmǎ · digital网络wǎngluò · network物质wùzhì · matter下载xiàzài · to download信号xìnhào · signal

FAQs

搜索 (sōusuǒ) means “to search (online)” or “to look for”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it sōusuǒ: sōu with a 1st tone, then suǒ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 搜索 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sousuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 搜索 from the suggestions. Typing sousuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
搜索 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.