搵 (wan2 wan3 | wen4) : search; find; use

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搵

wan2 wan3

wen4

[粵] wan2 - Cantonese only
[1] search; find; look for
[2] use; make use of
[3] earn (money)

[粵] wan3 | [國] wen4
[1] press with fingers
[2] wipe off (tears)

搵 is the traditional print font; 揾 is the much more popular handwritten form.

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

搵 / 揾

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jun 2011 02:35

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搵食 wan2 sik6 = to earn a living; to look for food 粵

講笑搵第樣 gong2 siu3 wan2 dai6 joeng6*2 = this is no laughing matter 粵

搵老襯 wan2 lou5 can3 wen4 lao3 chen4 = to be tricked or cheated by someone 粵

搵笨 wan2 ban6 wen1 ben4 = to cheat; to con 粵

搵周公 wan2 zau1 gung1 = go to bed 粵

搵工 wan2 gung1 = job hunt 粵

騎牛搵馬 ke4 ngau4 wan2 maa5 = (fig.) to mark time 粵

搵世界 wan2 sai3 gaai3 wen1 shi4 jie4 = to search for a living 粵

搵日 wan2 jat6 = find one other day 粵

搵位 wan2 wai6*2 = find a seat 粵
See all 23 compounds (CantoDict reports 24 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 14 examples containing 搵

噉樣做為咗搵佢出嚟粵
This way is to find him out.

佢嘅地埗好難搵粵
His address is hard to find.
[Lit. His address very hard find.]

我畢業之後會搵工嘅嘞。粵
After I graduate, I will find a job.

個差人喺車尾廂搵到個屍體粵
The policeman found the body in the car's trunk.
[Lit. [counter] policeman at car-trunk find-arrive [counter] dead-body In this example, 喺車尾廂 cannot go at the end of the sentence. (Why?)]

有個人喺九龍花園搵到個化石粵
Someone found a fossil in Kowloon Park.

我畀人搵老襯。粵
Someone tricked me.

你小心畀人搵笨。粵
Be careful not to be tricked by anyone.

通常會喺博物館搵到古董粵
Antiques can usually be found in museums.

佢走咗好多冤枉路, 先至搵到呢份工。粵
He has taken many a roundabout way before finding this job.

我係非常贊同辛苦搵嚟自在食嘅講法,何必委屈自己粵
I agree with the saying that one should work hard and play hard. Why treat yourself so badly?

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 搵
Unicode code for this character: U+6435 (off-site link)

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