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Meaning of 寻

Pinyin xún

Radical

寸

Strokes

Definition

to search / to look for / to seek

Usage

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寻 xún 名 1. 找，搜求。 (1) To look for; to search. 例: 寻找 (to look for), 寻觅 (to seek), 寻机 (to look for opportunities), 寻问 (to ask), 寻访 (to visit), 寻衅 (to seek trouble), 追寻 (to pursue), 寻章摘句 (to search for articles and excerpts). 2. 古代的长度单位（一寻等于八尺）。 (2) An ancient unit of length (one xun equals eight chi). 例: 寻常 (the common length, relating to a regular measure, also means ordinary). 动 1. 寻找 [look for; search; seek] 例: 远寻师学 (to seek teachers far away), 寻向所志 (to search for what one intends). 2. 探究; 研究; 推求 ([En.] study; research; inquire into) 例: 寻思 (to think over), 寻朱数墨 (to recite without understanding), 寻省 (to examine). 3. 用 ([En.] use) 例: 寻戈 (to deploy troops), 寻斧 (to use an axe). 4. 继续 ([En.] continue) 例: 寻复 (to follow up), 寻声 (to follow a sound), 寻续 (to continue). 5. 讨伐，派兵去镇压 ([En.] send armed forces to suppress) 例: 夫三军之所寻 (the armies where they are sent to suppress). 6. 追逐 ([En.] pursue) 例: 寻行逐队 (to meet up together), 寻踪 (to follow a trail). 7. 通“燖”。用热水脱毛 ([En.] hot-water depilate) 例: 必寻盟若可寻也 (one should seek an alliance if it can be sought). 副 1. 经常，时常 ([En.] often) 例: 寻常外 (not usual), 寻尝 (usually), 寻俗 (ordinary). 2. 顷刻，不久 ([En.] in a short instant; soon) 例: 未果，寻病终 (not yet achieved, and soon fall ill). 介 1. 沿着，顺着 ([En.] along) 例: 绍遂寻山北行 (to travel north along the mountain).

寻址 xún zhǐ

to address / to search for address / to input data into memory

寻找 xún zhǎo

to seek / to look for

寻求 xún qiú

to seek / to look for

寻常 xún cháng

usual / common / ordinary

搜寻 sōu xún

to search / to look for

找寻 zhǎo xún

to look for / to seek / to find fault

寻访 xún fǎng

to inquire after / to look for (sb)

寻觅 xún mì

to look for

追寻 zhuī xún

to pursue / to track down / to search

不同寻常 bù tóng xún cháng

out of ordinary

寻死 xún sǐ

to attempt suicide / to court death

探寻 tàn xún

to search / to seek / to explore

非同寻常 fēi tóng xún cháng

extraordinary / quite something

耐人寻味 nài rén xún wèi

thought-provoking / worth thinking over / to provide food for thought

寻衅 xún xìn

to pick a quarrel / to start a fight

寻欢作乐 xún huān zuò lè

pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation

寻仇 xún chóu

to carry out a vendetta against sb

自寻短见 zì xún duǎn jiàn

commit suicide / seek one's own destruction

寻食 xún shí

Hunting

寻租 xún zū

rent seeking (economics)

自寻烦恼 zì xún fán nǎo

to bring trouble on oneself (idiom)

异乎寻常 yì hū xún cháng

unusual / extraordinary

寻衅滋事 xún xìn zī shì

try to pick a quarrel / seek a quarrel andchallenge a fight / pick a quarrel and make trouble

寻寻觅觅 xún xún mì mì

search for / look for

寻死觅活 xún sǐ mì huó

repeatedly attempt suicide

寻踪 xún zōng

Seek