HSK 2 · Common Verbs

找 zhǎo “to look for” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 找 means

  1. to look for
  2. to try to find
  3. to call on sb
  4. to find
  5. to seek
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to return

How to say 找

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

找 in a sentence

  1. 我正在找钥匙，你看见了吗？

    Wǒ zhèngzài zhǎo yàoshi, nǐ kànjiàn le ma?

    I’m looking for my keys. Have you seen them?

    Sentence #2317102 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你是在找工作吗？

    Nǐ shì zài zhǎo gōngzuò ma?

    Are you looking for a job?

    Sentence #3671511 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这是你要找的书。

    Zhè shì nǐ yào zhǎo de shū.

    This is the book you’re looking for.

    Sentence #10696104 from Tatoeba

How 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 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 找

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.

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

Words related to 找

Words with 找

寻找xúnzhǎo · to seek

More words: Common Verbs

上班shàngbān · to go to work说话shuōhuà · to speak踢足球tīzúqiú · to play football (football)休息xiūxi · to rest帮助bāngzhù · to help介绍jièshào · to introduce等děng · to wait玩wán · to play

FAQs

找 (zhǎo) means “to look for” or “to try to find”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it zhǎo: zhǎo with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 找 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 找 from the suggestions. Typing zhao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
找 is an HSK 2 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.