找 zhǎo
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zhǎo
verb
to search; to seek; to look for
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the senes of 寻求 (Guoyu '找' v 1; Mathews 1931 '找', p. 29; Unihan '找'; XHZD '找' 1) -
zhǎo
verb
to give change
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 找零 (Guoyu '找' v 2; Mathews 1931 '找', p. 29; Unihan '找'; ; XHZD '找' 2)
Contained in
- 找饭碗(找飯碗) to look for a job
- 找对象(找對象) to seek a marriage partner; looking for a mate
- 满地找牙(滿地找牙) to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor; to get beaten up badly
- 寻找(尋找) to seek; to look for
- 找钱(找錢) to give change
- 找茬 to pick fault with; to spot the differences; to nitpick; to pick a quarrel
- 找不着 cannot find ; to be unable to find
- 找碴儿(找碴兒) to pick a quarrel; to find fault; nitpicking
- 找出 to find; to search out
- 找上门(找上門) to come to somebody's door; to call on somebody
- 找不到 cannot find
- 找碴 to pick fault with; to spot the differences; to nitpick; to pick a quarrel; to find complaint with
- 骑驴找驴(騎驢找驢) to search for the mule while riding on it; to look for what one already has
- 自找 to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions; you asked for it
- 找借口 to look for a pretext
- 找不着北(找不著北) to be confused and disoriented
- 找不自在 to ask for trouble; to bring misfortune on oneself
- 找得到 can find
- 察找 to look for
- 找岔子 to look for blemishes; to find fault; nitpicking
- 自找麻烦(自找麻煩) to ask for trouble; to invite difficulties
- 找补(找補) to make up the difference; to compensate
- 找回 to retrieve; to get back
- 找事 to seek employment ; to pick a quarrel
- 找价(找價) to make up the difference in the price
- 找麻烦(找麻煩) to look for trouble
- 找抽 to look for trouble
- 找死 to court death; taking risks
- 找台阶儿(找台階兒) to find an excuse; to look for a pretext
- 花钱找罪受(花錢找罪受) to spend money on something that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous
- 找刺儿(找刺兒) to find fault
- 自找苦吃 to bring trouble on oneself
- 不用找 keep the change (restaurant expression)
- 找到 to find
- 找错儿(找錯兒) to look for fault
- 找寻(找尋) to look for; to seek; to find fault
- 找头(找頭) to give change (from money paid)
- 找遍 to search everywhere
- 找齐(找齊) to make uniform; to even up; to make good a deficiency
- 找零 to give change; change money
- 找辙(找轍) to look for a pretext
- 找着(找著) to find
- 找平 to level (ground); to make level
- 找换(找換) to change [money]
- 找门路(找門路) to seek an opening
- 找见(找見) to find [an item one has been looking for]
- 找赎(找贖) to give change
- 找还(找還) to pay back
- 找机会(找機會) to look for an opportunity
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 94 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 19
- 第二回 Chapter 95 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 13
- 第二十七回 Chapter 27 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 11
- 第二回 Chapter 46 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 10
- 第二回 Chapter 24 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 10
- 第二回 Chapter 108 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 9
- 第二回 Chapter 116 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 9
- 第二回 Chapter 84 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
- 第二回 Chapter 76 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
- 第二回 Chapter 72 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
Collocations
- 来找 (來找) 徑出松林來找八戒 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十八回 Chapter 28 — count: 19
- 找路 (找路) 找路而走 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 14
- 去找 (去找) 還不去找大路而行 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第五十回 Chapter 50 — count: 9
- 找大路 (找大路) 找大路向西而去 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十一回 Chapter 21 — count: 9
- 找去 (找去) 又到那邊找去了 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第二十七回 Chapter 27 — count: 5
- 要找 (要找) 是那個要找我 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第二十七回 Chapter 27 — count: 4
- 一找 (一找) 一找就找著的 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第三十回 Chapter 30 — count: 4
- 找银子 (找銀子) 跟來找銀子的 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第八十九回 Chapter 89 — count: 4
- 找宝玉 (找寶玉) 我叫他兄弟到那邊府里找寶玉去了 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 10 — count: 4
- 找袭人 (找襲人) 便往怡紅院來找襲人 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 31 — count: 3