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

HSK 7-9

他一直在找寻失散多年的亲人。

Tā yīzhí zài zhǎoxún shīsàn duōnián de qīnrén.

He has been searching for relatives lost for many years.

HSK 7-9

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