HSK 6 · Verbs

寻觅 xúnmì “to seek” in Chinese

Traditional 尋覓

What 寻觅 means

  1. to seek
  2. to look for

How to say 寻觅

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale寻xún2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale觅mì4th tone, falling

寻觅 in a sentence

  1. 他在旧书店里寻觅了一下午。

    Tā zài jiùshūdiàn lǐ xúnmì le yí xiàwǔ.

    He spent the whole afternoon searching through the second-hand bookshop.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们一直在寻觅一个安静的住处。

    Wǒmen yìzhí zài xúnmì yí ge ānjìng de zhùchù.

    We’ve been looking for a quiet place to live.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 寻觅 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 寻 (xún) with each of its parts in a different colour
寻xúnto search
  • 彐snout · jìMeaning part
  • 寸inch · cùnSound part

彐 hints at the meaning (snout); 寸 (cùn) hints at the sound. Compare it with xún.

The character 觅 (mì) with each of its parts in a different colour
觅mìto seek
  • 爫claw form of 爪 · zhǎo
  • 见to see · jiàn

How to write 寻觅

寻 6 strokes · 觅 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 寻觅

Words with 寻

寻找xúnzhǎo · to seek

More words: Common Verbs

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FAQs

寻觅 (xúnmì) means “to seek” or “to look for”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xúnmì: xún with a 2nd tone, then mì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 寻觅 is written 尋覓. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xunmi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 寻觅 from the suggestions. Typing xunmi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
寻觅 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.