搜索引擎 (sōusuǒ yǐnqíng): search engine

Measure Word

一个搜索引擎 gè

Meanings

1 search engine

Characters

搜

sōu

to search; to look for

to lift; engine (phonetic)

Examples

百度是中国最常用的搜索引擎。

Bǎi dù shì Zhōngguó zuì chángyòng de sōusuǒ yǐnqíng.

Baidu is the most commonly used search engine in China.

用搜索引擎查一下这个词的意思。

Yòng sōusuǒ yǐnqíng chá yīxià zhège cí de yìsi.

Look up the meaning of this word using a search engine.

Tips

culture

The dominant search engine in mainland China is Baidu (百度), which holds well over 70% market share. Google (谷歌) is blocked by China's Great Firewall.

memory

搜索 (to search) + 引擎 (engine) — literally 'search engine,' a direct calque of the English term.

Stroke Order

搜 sōu

索 suǒ

引 yǐn

擎 qíng

Related Words

搜索 sōusuǒ HSK 5 #2,434

to search (a place, database, the internet) / search (as a noun)

引擎 yǐnqíng HSK 7-9 #3,187

engine; motor / search engine (in computing)

搜索词 sōusuǒcí

search term / search keyword / search query

搜索框 sōusuǒkuàng

search box / search bar

搜索栏 sōusuǒlán

search bar / search field

引擎盖 yǐnqínggài #20,595

car hood / bonnet (British English) / engine cover

索引 suǒyǐn #20,266

index / table of contents index / catalog

人肉搜索 rénròu sōusuǒ

to dox (someone) / human-flesh search — crowdsourced doxxing of a stranger online

搜查 sōuchá HSK 7-9 #1,726

to search (a place); to conduct a search / to raid; to inspect

搜寻 sōuxún HSK 7-9 #4,571

to search for; to look for / to seek (thoroughly)