寻 (尋) xún

1. xún verb to search; to look for; to seek
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 找, as in 找寻 (Guoyu '尋' v 1; Han Dian '寻' v 1; Unihan '尋'; XHZD '寻' 1)
2. xún measure word an eight chi
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: An ancient unit of length equal to 8 尺 chi (Guoyu '尋' n 1; Han Dian '寻' n; Kroll 2015 '尋' 1; XHZD '寻' 2)
3. xún verb to investigate; to study; to research
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 寻 is similar in meaning to 探究 or 研究 (Han Dian '寻' v 3; Kroll 2015 '尋' 3)
4. xún verb to pursue
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 寻 is similar in meaning to 追逐 (Han Dian '寻' v 10)
5. xún preposition to go along; to follow; to trace to course
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 寻 is similar in meaning to 沿着 or 顺着 (Han Dian '寻' prep; Kroll 2015 '尋' 3a)
6. xún verb to supress with armed forces
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Han Dian '寻' v 9)
7. xún proper noun Xun
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '尋' n 2)
8. xún verb to continue
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 接续 or 继续 (Guoyu '尋' v 2; Han Dian '寻' v 7)
9. xún verb to climb
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 攀爬 or 攀缘 (Guoyu '尋' v 3)
10. xún verb to put something to use; to make use of
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 动用 or 使用 (Guoyu '尋' v 4; Han Dian '寻' v 5; Kroll 2015 '尋' 2)
11. xún verb to reaffirm; to reiterate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 重申 (Guoyu '尋' v 5)
12. xún adverb often; frequently
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 经常 (Han Dian '寻' adv 1; Guoyu '尋' adv 1)
13. xún adverb immediately; presently
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 随即 (Guoyu '尋' adv 2; Han Dian '寻' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '尋' 4)
14. xún adverb ordinarily; commonly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 普通 or 一般 (Guoyu '尋' adv 3; Kroll 2015 '尋' 1a)

Contained in

• 寻来范畴(尋來範疇) derived category
• 寻幽(尋幽) to search for something serene and beautiful
• 寻根究底(尋根究底) find the origin and investigate the details
• 寻宝(尋寶) treasure hunt
• 搜寻(搜尋) to search; to look for
• 英寻(英尋) fathom
• 招寻(招尋) to advertise for a lost item
• 蒐寻(蒐尋) to look for; to search for
• 寻觅(尋覓) to look for
• 无处可寻(無處可尋) cannot be found anywhere
• 寻花(尋花) flower-viewing; to visit a prostitute
• 异乎寻常(異乎尋常) unusual; extraordinary
• 寻短见(尋短見) to commit suicide
• 寻水术(尋水術) dowsing
• 无迹可寻(無跡可尋) without a trace to follow
• 访寻(訪尋) to enquire; to search
• 寻常(尋常) usual; common; ordinary ; cramped ; easily; lightly
• 耐人寻味(耐人尋味) worth thinking over
• 寻找(尋找) to seek; to look for
• 寻摸(尋摸) to look for; to explore; to probe
• 找寻(找尋) to look for; to seek; to find fault
• 追寻(追尋) to pursue; to track down; to search
• 寻衅(尋釁) to pick a quarrel; to start a fight
• 踏雪寻梅(踏雪尋梅) to walk in the snow to view the flowering plum
• 寻访(尋訪) to inquire after; to look for (sb)
• 寻欢(尋歡) to seek pleasure (especially sexual)
• 寻租(尋租) rent seeking
• 寻出(尋出) to find out; to search out; to uncover; to discover
• 寻查(尋查) to search; to track
• 寻机(尋機) to look for an opportunity
• 寻呼机(尋呼機) pager; beeper
• 自寻死路(自尋死路) to follow the path to one's own doom; to bring about one's own destruction
• 寻欢作乐(尋歡作樂) pleasure seeking
• 推寻(推尋) to examine; to investigate
• 拨草寻蛇(撥草尋蛇) making a path through the grass in search of a snake; to go out of your way to provoke something dangerous
• 超乎寻常(超乎尋常) out of the ordinary; exceptional
• 寻死(尋死) to attempt suicide; to court death
• 寻获(尋獲) to find; to track down; to recover (sth lost)
• 探寻(探尋) to search; to seek; to explore
• 寻回犬(尋回犬) retriever
• 寻求(尋求) to seek
• 寻味(尋味) to think something over
• 寻仇(尋仇) to carry out a vendetta against sb
• 寻开心(尋開心) to make fun of; to seek diversion

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逻辑区块寻址 、 寻甸县 、 寻甸回族彝族自治县 、 寻址 、 寻乌 、 搜寻引擎 、 寻乌县

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• 卷二十八 列傳第二十二: 世祖九王 高宗二十九王 後主諸子 Volume 28: Nine Princes of Wen; Twenty-nine Princes of Xuan; Princes of Houzhu Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 46
• 卷31　志第26 地理下 Volume 31 Treatises 26: Geography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 43
• 卷一百九十七 列傳第一百四十七: 南蠻 西南蠻 Volume 197 Biographies 147: Southern Man, Southernwest Man Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 42
• 卷二百二十二上 列傳第一百四十七上 南蠻上 Volume 222a Biographies 147a: Southern Man 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 36
• 卷29　志第24 地理上 Volume 29 Treatises 24: Geography 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 34
• 卷六十一　列傳第四十九:　王盟 獨孤信 竇熾 賀蘭祥 叱列伏龜 閻慶 史寧 權景宣 Volume 61 Biographies 49: Wang Meng, Du Guxin, Dou Chi, He Lanxiang, Chilie Fugui, Yan Qing, Shi Ning, Quan Jingxuan History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 33
• 卷四十六 志第二十二 地理七 Volume 46 Treatises 22: Geography 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 32
• 卷30　志第25 地理中 Volume 30 Treatises 25: Geography 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 32
• 卷八十四 列傳第四十四 鄧琬 袁顗 孔覬 Volume 84 Biographies 44: Deng Wan, Yuan Yi, Kong Ji Book of Song 宋書 — count: 32
• 卷四十四 志第二十 地理五 Volume 44 Treatises 20: Geography 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 29

Collocations

• 寻盟 (尋盟) 鄭子人來尋盟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 15
• 李寻 (李尋) 李尋之徒所陳行事 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七上 五行志 Volume 27a: Treatise on the Five Elements 1 — count: 8
• 寻阳 (尋陽) 自尋陽出樅陽 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 7
• 直寻 (直尋) 枉尺而直尋 — Mencius 孟子, 滕文公下 Teng Wen Gong II — count: 3
• 忧寻 (憂尋) 其憂尋推之也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十　繆稱訓 Chapter 10: Solemn Precepts — count: 3
• 斟寻 (斟尋) 滅斟灌及斟尋氏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 问寻 (問尋) 數虛己問尋 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十五 眭兩夏侯京翼李傳 Volume 75: Sui, two Xiahous, Jing, Ji and Li — count: 3
• 二寻 (二尋) 二尋 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 3
• 五寻 (五尋) 兩五尋 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記下》 Miscellaneous Records II — count: 3
• 来寻 (來尋) 鄭子人來尋盟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 2