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尋

xún

seek, search, look for; ancient

Strokes
12
Radical
寸
HSK
—
Tone
2

Simplified form: 寻

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 寻, the simplified form of 尋. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我们那时寻找的就是他。

    Wǒ men nà shí xún zhǎo de jiù shì tā

    He is the one we were looking for.

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  • 我应该寻找什么？

    Wǒ yīng gāi xún zhǎo shén me

    What should I look for?

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  • 你也许要寻求他的帮助。

    Nǐ yě xǔ yào xún qiú tā de bāng zhù

    Perhaps you will seek his aid.

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  • 最近你有看见什么不寻常的事吗？

    Zuì jìn nǐ yǒu kàn jiàn shén me bù xún cháng de shì ma

    Did you see anything unusual lately?

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 寻

  • 寻找xún zhǎo 2–3 to seek; to look for
  • 寻求xún qiú 2–2 to seek; to look for
  • 寻觅xún mì 2–4 to look for
  • 寻xún 2to search; to look for; to seek
  • 寻常xún cháng 2–2 usual; common; ordinary
  • 搜寻sōu xún 1–2 to search; to look for
  • 不同寻常bù tóng xún cháng 4–2–2–2out of the ordinary; unusual
  • 耐人寻味nài rén xún wèi 4–2–2–4thought-provoking; worth thinking over; to provide food for thought