尋覓

See also: 寻觅

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	seek
trad. (尋覓)		尋	覓
simp. (寻觅)		寻	觅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnmì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ mik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnmì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnmì
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-mi⁴
    • Yale: syún-mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunmih
    • Palladius: сюньми (sjunʹmi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ mi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ mik⁶
    • Yale: chàhm mihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ mik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ mig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ mɪk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: zim mek

Rime
Character	尋	覓
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	徐林切	莫狄切
Baxter	zim	mek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziɪm/	/mek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/zim/	/mek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/zjem/	/mɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zim/	/mɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/ziəm/	/mek̚/
Wang Li	/zĭĕm/	/miek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯əm/	/miek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xín	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam4	mik6

Verb

尋覓

1. to seek; to look for

Synonyms

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• 尋找／寻找 (xúnzhǎo)
• 尋查／寻查 (xúnchá)
• 尋索／寻索 (xúnsuǒ)
• 找 (zhǎo)
• 找尋／找寻 (zhǎoxún)
• 抄身 (chāoshēn) (to frisk)
• 探尋／探寻 (tànxún)
• 探索 (tànsuǒ) (literary, in order to find evidence)
• 搜 (sōu)
• 搜尋／搜寻 (sōuxún)
• 搜查 (sōuchá) (in order to find evidence)
• 搜索 (sōusuǒ)
• 搜身 (sōushēn) (to frisk)
• 搵／揾
• 摸索 (mōsuǒ)
• 查尋／查寻 (cháxún)
• 查找 (cházhǎo)
• 檢索／检索 (jiǎnsuǒ) (to look up)
• 緝查／缉查 (jīchá) (in order to find evidence)
• 追尋／追寻 (zhuīxún)
• 追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 尋尋覓覓／寻寻觅觅 (xúnxúnmìmì)