找寻

找尋

zhǎoxún

verb #6,959

Meanings

1 to search for
2 to seek
3 to look for

Characters

to look for; to find

to search; to seek

Examples

他一直在找寻失散多年的亲人。

Tā yīzhí zài zhǎoxún shīsàn duō nián de qīnrén.

He has been searching for relatives lost for many years.

警察正在找寻嫌疑人。

Jǐngchá zhèngzài zhǎoxún xiányírén.

The police are searching for the suspect.

Tips

register

找寻 is more literary/formal than 找 (to look for). In everyday speech, 找 is more common; 找寻 appears in written or dramatic contexts.

Stroke Order

找 zhǎo

寻 xún