尋 (cam4 | xun2) : search; look for; seek

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尋

cam4

xun2

search; look for; seek

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 寸 (#41)

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

尋 / 寻

This word has been viewed 20849 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Dec 2010 13:35

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尋日 cam4 jat6 = yesterday 粵

尋晚 cam4 maan5 = last night; yesterday evening 粵

尋寶 cam4 bou2 xun2 bao3 = treasure hunt

尋找 cam4 zaau2 xun2 zhao3 = to look for; to find; to seek

尋求 cam4 kau4 xun2 qiu2 = seek; pursue

追尋 zeoi1 cam4 zhui1 xun2 = to seek, pursue

尋回 cam4 wui4 xun2 hui2 = retrieved

尋常 cam4 soeng4 xun2 chang2 = usual, common, ordinary

尋根究底 cam4 gan1 gau3 dai2 xun2 gen1 jiu4 di3 (Taiwan), xun2 gen1 jiu1 di3 (PRC) = inquire deeply into

尋覓 cam4 mik6 xun2 mi4 = to search for something that is good
See all 28 compounds (CantoDict reports 30 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 尋

鬼知佢尋晚去咗邊。粵
Who (the hell) knows where he went last night. [as in "I don't know where he went last night"]
[邊 is short for 邊度]

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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: 尋
Unicode code for this character: U+5c0b (off-site link)

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