搜索

See also: 捜索

Chinese

	to search	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
trad. (搜索)	搜	索
simp. ^#(搜索)	搜	索
alternative forms	蒐索

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sōusuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄡㄙㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² sok³ / sau² saak³ / sau¹ saak³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu-sok
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): so-soh / so-sok / so͘-sek

(Teochew, Peng'im): siou¹ sog⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sōusuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄡㄙㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sousuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: sou¹-so³
  - Yale: sōu-swǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sousuoo
  - Palladius: соусо (souso)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² sok³ / sau² saak³ / sau¹ saak³
  - Yale: sáu sok / sáu saak / sāu saak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² sok⁸ / sau² saak⁸ / sau¹ saak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² sog³ / seo² sag³ / seo¹ sag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ sɔːk̚³/, /sɐu̯³⁵ saːk̚³/, /sɐu̯⁵⁵ saːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-sok
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˊ sog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ sog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴ sok̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so-soh
  - Tâi-lô: so-soh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soisoiq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /so⁴⁴⁻²² soʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so-sok
  - Tâi-lô: so-sok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soisog
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /so³³ sɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘-sek
  - Tâi-lô: soo-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soseg
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siou¹ sog⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siou sok
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siou³³⁻²³ sok̚²/

Verb

搜索

to search; to look for

Usage notes

For the computing sense, 搜索 (sōusuǒ) is used in Mainland China while 搜尋 / 搜寻 (sōuxún) is used in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Synonyms

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尋找 / 寻找 (xúnzhǎo)
尋查 / 寻查 (xúnchá)
尋索 / 寻索 (xúnsuǒ)
尋覓 / 寻觅 (xúnmì)
找 (zhǎo)
找尋 / 找寻 (zhǎoxún)
抄身 (chāoshēn) (to frisk)
探尋 / 探寻 (tànxún)
探索 (tànsuǒ) (literary, in order to find evidence)
搜 (sōu)
搜尋 / 搜寻 (sōuxún)
搜查 (sōuchá) (in order to find evidence)
搜身 (sōushēn) (to frisk)
搵 / 揾 (Cantonese)
摸索 (mōsuǒ)
查尋 / 查寻 (cháxún)
查找 (cházhǎo)
檢索 / 检索 (jiǎnsuǒ) (to look up)
緝查 / 缉查 (jīchá) (in order to find evidence)
追尋 / 追寻 (zhuīxún)
追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)

Derived terms

人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ)
搜索引擎 (sōusuǒ yǐnqíng)
搜索枯腸 / 搜索枯肠 (sōusuǒkūcháng)
搜索機 / 搜索机 (sōusuǒjī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
搜	索
そう Jinmeiyō	さく Grade: S
kan'on	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 搜索 – see the following entry.

【捜索そうさく】

[noun] search (rescue of a missing person etc.)

[noun] investigation (police investigation)

[verb] to search (especially for a missing person or people)

[verb] to investigate

Alternative spelling
廋索

(This term, 搜索, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
搜	索

Noun

搜索 • (susaek) (hangeul 수색)

hanja form^? of 수색 (“search”)