找 - zhǎo - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 2 - Easy
7 strokes
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找

zhǎo

Definition

to look (for)
我们一起找找吧。

Let's look for it together.
to search (for)
to give change
to seek
to try to find
to want to see
to call (on)
to ask (for)

Character Decomposition

Related words (43)

找事

zhǎo shì

to look for employment; to pick a quarrel

找出

zhǎo chū

to find; to search out

to find

to retrieve; to get back; to look for

找头

zhǎo tou

change (from money paid)

找寻

zhǎo xún

to look for; to seek; to find fault

找平

zhǎo píng

to level (ground); to make level

找抽

zhǎo chōu

(coll.) to look for trouble

找死

zhǎo sǐ

to court death; taking risks

to find

to pick fault with; to spot the differences; to nitpick; to pick a quarrel; to find complaint with

找补

zhǎo bu

to compensate; to make up; to complement; to add

找见

zhǎo jiàn

to find (sth one has been looking for)

找赎

zhǎo shú

(dialect) to give change

找辙

zhǎo zhé

to look for a pretext

找遍

zhǎo biàn

to search everywhere; to search high and low; to comb

to give change

to give change; change money

找齐

zhǎo qí

to make uniform; to even up; to make good a deficiency

找上门

zhǎo shàng mén

to come to sb's door; to call on sb

找不到

zhǎo bu dào

can't find; cannot find; (to be) unable to find

找不着

zhǎo bù zháo

(to be) unable to find; cannot find; (to be) unable to locate; cannot locate

找借口

zhǎo jiè kǒu

to look for a pretext

to find fault

to seek a marriage partner; looking for a mate

找岔子

zhǎo chà zi

to look for blemishes; to find fault; nitpicking

找机会

zhǎo jī huì

to look for an opportunity

找碴儿

zhǎo chá r

to pick a quarrel; to find fault; nitpicking

找门路

zhǎo mén lù

to seek help from social connections

找零钱

zhǎo língqián

to give change; change

to look for a job

to look for trouble

to be confused and disoriented

找不自在

zhǎo bù zì zai

to ask for trouble; to bring misfortune on oneself

找台阶儿

zhǎo tái jiē r

to find an excuse; to look for a pretext

寻找

xún zhǎo

to seek; to look (for); to search (for); to hunt; location

查找

chá zhǎo

to search (for); to look up

自找

zì zhǎo

to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions; you asked for it; to bring it on oneself (sth unpleasant)

不用找

bù yòng zhǎo

"keep the change" (restaurant expression)

满地找牙

mǎn dì zhǎo yá

to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor; (fig.) to get beaten up badly; to beat the crap out of (sb)

自找苦吃

zì zhǎo kǔ chī

to bring trouble on oneself

自找麻烦

zì zhǎo má fan

to ask for trouble; to invite difficulties

花钱找罪受

huā qián zhǎo zuì shòu

to spend money on sth that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous

Idioms (1)

骑驴找驴

qí lǘ zhǎo lǘ

(lit.) to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom); (fig.) to look for what one already has

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