找 zhǎo
verb
: to search; to try to find; to look for; to seek
: to visit; to call on somebody
: to return; to give change
Kun Reading
none applicable
none applicable
On Reading
none applicable
none applicable
Usage:
找上門[门] zhao3 shang4 men2: to come to sb’s door; to call on sb
找找 zhao3zhao3: to look for
找事 zhao3shi4: to look for employment; to pick a quarrel
找死 zhao3si3: to court death; taking risks
找上門[门] zhao3 shang4 men2: to come to sb’s door; to call on sb
找錢[钱] zhao3qian2: to give change
找尋[寻] zhao3xun2: to look for; to seek; to find fault
尋[寻]找 xun2zhao3: to seek; to look for
找到 zhao3dao4: to find
找出 zhao3chu1: to find; to search out
找准 zhao3zhun3: capturing
找對象 [找对象] zhao3 dui4 xiang4: to seek a marriage partner; looking for a mate
找借口 zhao3 jie4 kou3: to look for a pretext
查找 cha2zhao3: to search for; to look up
自找 zi4zhao3: to suffer as a consequence of one’s own actions; you asked for it; to bring it on oneself (something unpleasant)
不用找 bu4yong4 zhao3: “keep the change” (restaurant expression)
Chinese idiom
騎驢找驢 [骑驴找驴] qi2 lü2 zhao3 lü2
: lit. to search for the mule while riding on it; fig. to look for what one already has
花錢找罪受 [花钱找罪受] : to spend money on something that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous
Etymology:
会意 Associative Compound.
Hand 扌 (shou3: hand radical 64) searching for a
halberd 戈 (ge1: halberd; spear; lance radical 62)
会意 Associative Compound.
Hand 扌 (shou3: hand radical 64) searching for a
halberd 戈 (ge1: halberd; spear; lance radical 62)
形声 Pictophonetic.
扌 (shou3: hand radical 64) suggests the meaning while
戈 (ge1: halberd; spear; lance radical 62) provides the sound.
Look-alike:
我 wo3: me
Examples:
要找他時， 他偏偏不在。
yao1 zhao3 ta1 shi2, ta1 pian1pian1 bu4 zai4.
Just when you need to find him, he’s no where to be found.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
