摸索

Chinese

		feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
trad. (摸索)		摸	索
simp. ^#(摸索)		摸	索

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mōsuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛㄙㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo² saak³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mo͘-sak / mo͘-soh / bo͘-sak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mōsuǒ → mōsuo (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛㄙㄨㄛˇ → ㄇㄛ ˙ㄙㄨㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mosuo̊
  - Wade–Giles: mo¹-so⁵
  - Yale: mwō-swo
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mho.suoo
  - Palladius: мосо (moso)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo² saak³
  - Yale: mó saak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo² saak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo² sag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː³⁵ saːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo͘-sak
  - Tâi-lô: moo-sak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mosag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃³³ sak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo͘-soh
  - Tâi-lô: moo-soh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mosoiq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² soʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo͘-sak
  - Tâi-lô: boo-sak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bosag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ³³ sak̚⁵/

Verb

摸索

to grope; to feel about; to fumble; to fiddle
to try to find

Synonyms

(try to find):

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)
搜索 (sōusuǒ)
搜身 (sōushēn) (to frisk)
搵 / 揾 (Cantonese)
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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
摸	索
も Hyōgai	さく Grade: S
goon	kan'on

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

【模索もさく】

[noun] groping

[verb] to grope, to fumble for

(This term, 摸索, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)