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  wan2 wan3   jyutping
  wen4   pinyin
[] wan2 - Cantonese only
[1] search; find; look for
[2] use; make use of
[3] earn (money)

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



is the traditional print font; is the much more popular handwritten form.
verb
Stroke count: 13
Level: 2
Radical: (#64)

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

This word has been viewed 26973 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jun 2011 02:35

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detail  wan2 sik6   = to earn a living; to look for food
detail  wan2 faan1  wen4 fan3 = recover
detail  wan2 dou3*2  wen4 dao4 = find
detail  gong2 siu3 wan2 dai6 joeng6*2   = this is no laughing matter
detail  wan2 lou5 can3  wen4 lao3 chen4 = to be tricked or cheated by someone
detail  wan2 ban6  wen1 ben4 = to cheat; to con
detail  wan2 zau1 gung1   = go to bed
detail  wan2 gung1   = job hunt
detail  ke4 ngau4 wan2 maa5   = (fig.) to mark time
detail  wan2 sai3 gaai3  wen1 shi4 jie4 = to search for a living
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Showing 10 of 18 examples containing 搵
detail 噉樣做為出嚟
This way is to find him out.
detail 佢嘅地埗
His address is hard to find.
[Lit. His address very hard find.]
detail audio 畢業之後搵工
After I graduate, I will find a job.
detail 差人車尾搵到屍體
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?)]
detail 個人九龍花園搵到化石
Someone found a fossil in Kowloon Park.
detail 搵日一齊食飯
Let's have lunch together some day.
[The Cantonese word order 搵日 (some day) 一齊 (together) 食飯 (have lunch) 啦 (let's) is the exact opposite of the English version.]
detail audio 畀人搵老襯
Someone tricked me.
detail audio 小心畀人搵笨
Be careful not to be tricked by anyone.
detail 通常博物館搵到古董
Antiques can usually be found in museums.
detail audio 好多冤枉路, 先至搵到
He has taken many a roundabout way before finding this job.
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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: 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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