HSK 5 · Verbs

寻找 xúnzhǎo “to seek” in Chinese

Traditional 尋找

What 寻找 means

  1. to seek
  2. to look for

How to say 寻找

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale找zhǎo3rd tone, dipping

寻找 in a sentence

  1. 我正在为我的妈妈寻找礼物。

    Wǒ zhèngzài wèi wǒ de māma xúnzhǎo lǐwù.

    I am looking for a present for my mother.

    Sentence #1235602 from Tatoeba

  2. 他现在正在寻找新工作。

    Tā xiànzài zhèngzài xúnzhǎo xīn gōngzuò.

    He’s looking for a new job now.

    Sentence #13109907 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他四处寻找避雨的地方。

    Tā sìchù xúnzhǎo bìyǔ de dìfang.

    He looked everywhere for somewhere to shelter from the rain.

    Sentence #365915 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 寻找 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 找 (zhǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
找zhǎoto try to find
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 戈halberd · gē

How to write 寻找

寻 6 strokes · 找 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 寻找

Words with 寻

寻觅xúnmì · to seek

Words with 找

找zhǎo · to look for

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FAQs

寻找 (xúnzhǎo) means “to seek” or “to look for”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xúnzhǎo: xún with a 2nd tone, then zhǎo with a 3rd 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, 寻找 is written 尋找. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xunzhao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 寻找 from the suggestions. Typing xunzhao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
寻找 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.