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寻 xún

to seek; to search for, to look for; ancient

Strokes
6
Level
HSK 5
Radical
彐
Traditional
尋
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 彐寸 ⿱彐寸

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  1. 他一直在寻找失踪的猫。
    Tā yìzhí zài xúnzhǎo shīzōng de māo.
    He has been looking for his missing cat.
    he continuously at seek missing (particle) cat
  2. 你在寻找什么？
    Nǐ zài xúnzhǎo shénme?
    What are you looking for?
    you at seek what (question)
  3. 我们一起去寻找答案吧。
    Wǒmen yìqǐ qù xúnzhǎo dá'àn ba.
    Let's go find the answer together.
    we together go seek answer (suggestion)
  4. 他没有找到寻觅已久的工作。
    Tā méiyǒu zhǎodào xúnmì yǐ jiǔ de gōngzuò.
    He didn't find the job he had been seeking for a long time.
    he not-have find seek already long (particle) job
  5. 在图书馆里，她花了一个小时寻找那本书。
    Zài túshūguǎn li, tā huāle yí ge xiǎoshí xúnzhǎo nà běn shū.
    In the library, she spent an hour looking for that book.
    at library in, she spend-(particle) one (measure) hour seek that (measure) book

Words with 寻 (2)