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搜索

搜索

See also: 捜索

Chinese

		to search	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
simp. and trad. (搜索)		搜	索

Verb

搜索

to search; to look for

Synonyms

查找 (cházhǎo)
搜 (sōu)
尋找／寻找 (xúnzhǎo)
找 (zhǎo)
找尋／找寻 (zhǎoxún)

Derived terms

人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ)
搜索引擎 (sōusuǒ yǐnqíng)

搜索機／搜索机 (sōusuǒjī)

Etymology

From 搜 (sōu, “search, seek”) + 索 (suǒ, “search, inquire”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): sōusuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄡㄙㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² saak³, sau² sok³, sau¹ saak³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu-sok
Min Nan (POJ): so͘-sek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: sōusuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄡㄙㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sousuoo
  - IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² saak³, sau² sok³, sau¹ saak³
  - Yale: sáu saak, sáu sok, sāu saak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² saak⁸, sau² sok⁸, sau¹ saak⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ sɑːk̚³/, /sɐu̯³⁵ sɔːk̚³/, /sɐu̯⁵⁵ sɑːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-sok
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu´ sog`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ sog⁵
  - IPA: /se̯u²⁴ sok̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘-sek
  - Tâi-lô: soo-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soseg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³ ɕiɪk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪk̚³²/