寻 meaning in English

xún

to search; to look for

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 尋6 strokes

Meaning of 寻

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xún
  1. to search
  2. to look for
  3. to seek

寻 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ是shì个gè不bù寻xún常cháng的de人rén。
Tom is an extraordinary man.
你nǐ最zuì近jìn有yǒu听tīng到dào什shén么me不bù寻xún常cháng的de事shì吗ma?
Did you hear anything unusual lately?
最zuì近jìn你nǐ有yǒu看kàn见jiàn什shén么me不bù寻xún常cháng的de事shì吗ma?
Did you see anything unusual lately?
我wǒ没méi做zuò不bù寻xún常cháng的de事shì。
I did nothing out of the ordinary.
沙shā米mǐ到dào处chù寻xún找zhǎo。
Sami searched everywhere.

Stroke order for each character

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寻 xún · to search · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 寻.

寻找xúnzhǎoto seek; to look for
寻求xúnqiúto seek; to look for
寻常xúnchángusual; common; ordinary
搜寻sōuxúnto search; to look for
不同寻常bùtóng-xúnchángout of the ordinary; unusual
寻觅xúnmìto look for
耐人寻味nàirénxúnwèi(idiom) thought-provoking; to provide food for thought
追寻zhuīxúnto pursue; to track down
找寻zhǎoxúnto look for; to seek
寻宝xúnbǎotreasure hunt
非同寻常fēitóngxúncháng(idiom) extraordinary
探寻tànxúnto search; to seek

Questions about 寻

What does 寻 mean?

寻 (xún) means "to search; to look for" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 寻?

寻 is made of 1 character: 寻 (6 strokes). That is 6 strokes in total.

Is 寻 an HSK word?

Yes. 寻 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 寻 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 寻 is written 尋.