SEEK 找求
TRY to FIND.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
See also
- DEMANDADDRESS someone so as to COMMAND that that person ACT:do something.
- STRIVE FORTRY INTENSELY to SUCCEED in something IMPORTANT.
Hypernym
APPETERE
465: APPETITUS
CAPTARE, capere conari.
Reqv. 1. aliqvem aliqvid desiderantem, 2. aliqvid desiderabile adhuc absens. 3. studium seu contatum illud assequendi.
Ax. 1. qvod captatur, nondum habetur.
2. qvod captatur, non semper capitur.
3. Captare incerta vanum. Captare qvaerendo, Venari; ore, inhiare; manu, Prensare;...Ambire; occulte, insidiari; aperte, irruere; blande, Allicere.
SEEK
quaerere refers to seeking as the wish to get something and the attempt to get it.
scrutari refers to searching something hidden with evident interest and eagerness.
rimari refers to the searching for something hidden with evident exertion and skill on the part of the searcher.
investigare refers to the searching for something that is taken to be distant or remote.
indagere refers to the searching like that of the hound who, guided by instinct, follows the scent, and it is a success verb meaning, German: aufspren.
Words (45 items)
求 qiú OC: ɡu MC: gɨu 96 Attributions
The current general word for trying to find or get something is qiú 求.
- Word relations
- Conv: 與 / 予/GIVE
The most general word for to give is probably yǔ 與 (ant. qǔ 取 "take away from"). - Result: 得/OBTAIN
The current general and highly abstract verb for obtaining any form of possession of anything abstract or concrete is dé 得 (ant. shī 失 "lose inadvertently"). - Result: 致/OBTAIN
- Result: 得/FIND
- Ant: 避 / 辟/AVOID
Bì 避 (ant. mào 冒"expose oneself to"), unlike miǎn 免, is always deliberate and describes a strategy of action which successfully avoids an undesirable impending danger. [DELIBERATE] - Object: 福/HAPPY
- Object: 道術/PHILOSOPHY
- Contrast: 考 / 考/INVESTIGATE
Kǎo 考 and jī 稽 refer to an objective investigation into something on the basis of the best available evidence. - Assoc: 索/SEEK
Suǒ 索 refers to an attempt to get hold of what is hard to find or trying to escape. - Assoc: 追/PURSUE
Zhuī 追 refers to the attempt of catching up with anything, characteristically a kòu 寇 "enemy" or thief (who may not know he is being pursued) but without any attending notion that what is being caught up with is NECESSARILY trying to escape or to make great speed, and the word is regularly used in figurative derived meanings "to seek", as in zhuī lì 追利 "chasing after profit". - Relat: 富/RICH
The general word for wealth is fù 富 (ant. pín 貧 "poor"), and the word has a remarkably wide range of syntactic roles.
- Syntactic words
- nabactcraving
- nabact of seekingseekingCH
- vadNseeking, striving
- vt(oN)omseek for (a contextually determinate object)
- vt+prep+Nseek N
- vt[oN]be covetous
- vt[oN]positiveseek to get things; aspire on things; try to getDS
- vtoNtry to find, try to find and employ; seek for; crave
- vtoNseek the company or friendship ofCH
- vtoNtry to find (a concrete physical object)CH
- vtoNab{S}seek to achieve that S
- vtoNfigurativeseek to identify >find out about; seek an abstract entity
- vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
- vtoNpassivebe sought
- vtoNpositiveaspire to get to or be in the presence of or know the whereabouts of (a longed-for object, typically a person); seek to realise (aspirations etc);
- vtoNreflexive.自seek for oneself (?)CH
- vtoV[0]求得"seek to obtain": seek toCH
- vttoN1.+N2seek N1 from N2
- vttoN1.+prep+N2seek N1 from N2, look for it in N2
覓 mì OC: meeɡ MC: mek 21 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- viactseek, strive
- vt(oN)seek the contextually determinate N
- vtoNpost-Han, sanguo: look for, search after
- vtoNfigurativeseek (an abstract object)
索 suǒ OC: saaɡ MC: sɑk 21 Attributions
Suǒ 索 refers to an attempt to get hold of what is hard to find or trying to escape.
- Syntactic words
- viactorganise a (typically official or large scale) search
- vt(oN)seek for the contextually determinate object
- vtoNsearch for (an admired object); aim for (a desirable situation); seek out (appropriate candidates for a job); seek and find
- vtoNPab{S}pursue the aim that S
- vtt(oN1.)+prep+N2seek N1 from N2
要 yāo OC: qew MC: ʔiɛu 13 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNaim for, have as one's aim; work towards, as one's main aim
干 gān OC: kaan MC: kɑn 12 Attributions
Gān 干 refers to the abstract pursuit of aims in life.
- Word relations
- Object: 祿/SALARY
The general word for apanages, emoluments or salaries received by any person of high status is lù 祿.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNgo after, seek, do everything to obtain
- vtoNN=humseek the aquaintance of, seek to meet
- vtoNPab{S}aim for S 干其上 "seek their advancement"
馳求 chí qiú OC: rlal ɡu MC: ɖiɛ gɨu 9 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPadNwildly seeking; aimlessly striving (mind)
- VPiactaimlessly seek; rush around looking for something
- VPt+V[0]aimlessly strive to V
- VPtoNseek in a confused way; aimlessly strive after
追 zhuī OC: krlul MC: ʈi 7 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vt(oN)seek to retrieve (life after one has decided to die, etc.)
- vtoNfigurativego after, try to get, try to retrieve
- vtoNfigurativebe pursued
- vtoNfigurativepursue as valuable (physical things)CH
求覓 qiú mì OC: ɡu meeɡ MC: gɨu mek 6 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPt(oN)seek the contextually determinate N
- VPt+V[0]seek to V
- VPtoNseek
就 jiù OC: dzuɡs MC: dzɨu 6 Attributions
- Word relations
- Ant: 去/REMOVE
The most general term for removing anything is qù 去. - Synon: 趨/CHOOSE
Qū 趨 (ant. bì 避 "shy away from and avoid") and the rarer xiàng 嚮 (ant. bèi 背 "turn one's back on") refer to a tendency to exercise a certain preference.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNtend to move in the direction of; tend towards, tend to strive for; go for
推覓 tuī mì OC: kh-luul meeɡ MC: thuo̝i mek 5 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPt(oN)try to find
- VPtoNlook for, try to find
自求 zì qiú OC: sblids ɡu MC: dzi gɨu 5 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNpsychseek for oneself N
尋 xún OC: ljum MC: zim 5 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vt(oN)seek for the contextually relevant things
- vt+prep+Nseek after, pursueCH
- vtoNlook for (a thing); seek to obtain
- vtoNN=humanlook for (a person)
推求 tuī qiú OC: kh-luul ɡu MC: thuo̝i gɨu 4 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNlook for
循 xún OC: sɢlun MC: zʷin 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNpursue, go after
採 cǎi OC: tshɯɯʔ MC: tshəi 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNseek; seek and find
爭 zhēng OC: skreeŋ MC: ʈʂɣɛŋ 3 Attributions
Zhēng 爭 is to make a strenuous competitive effort to get something.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNfight or struggle to obtainCH
- vtoNpassivebe sought hardLZ
- vtoVendeavour (to do something); try hard
志求 zhì qiú OC: kljɯs ɡu MC: tɕɨ gɨu 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPt+V[0]aspire to seek
討 tǎo OC: thuuʔ MC: thɑu 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNinquire into and seek;
- vtt(oN1.)+prep+N2demand the contextually determinate N1 from N2
邀 yāo OC: qlew MC: ʔiɛu
邀徼 Click here to add pinyin OC: MC: 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vttoN1.+prep+N2seek, try to obtain (something N1) from (an owner etc N2) 徼福於x
求索 qiú suǒ OC: ɡu saaɡ MC: gɨu sɑk 2 Attributions
- Word relations
- Object: 道術/PHILOSOPHY
- Syntactic words
- VPt(oN)try to find the contextually determinate thing N
- VPtoNseek
盡力 jìn lì OC: dzinʔ ɡ-rɯɡ MC: dzin lɨk 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPt+prep+Nabdo all one can for NPab
- VPt+V[0]seek with all one's strength to V
殉 xùn MC: zwinH OC: sɢʷlins 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNfigurativepursueCH
牟 móu OC: mu MC: mɨu 2 Attributions
Móu 牟 refers to concerted action to insure the supply of necessities or conveniences, both concrete and abstract.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNget, try to get (a meal, or knowledge)
覓取 mì qǔ OC: meeɡ skhoʔ MC: mek tshi̯o 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPt(oN)resultativego to seek, try to find
- VPtoNto to seek, try to find
蘄 qí OC: ɡɯ MC: gɨ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vt+prep+Nseek, go after
訪 fǎng MC: phjangH OC: phaŋs 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNseek out NVK
尋求 xún qiú OC: ljum ɡu MC: zim gɨu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNseek for, search after
采 cǎi OC: tshɯɯʔ MC: tshəi 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNseek (treasures, fortune etc)
反求 fǎn qiú OC: panʔ ɡu MC: pi̯ɐn gɨu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNto seek (for something) in one's mind; seek (for a reason) while examining oneself critically
規求 guī qiú OC: kʷe ɡu MC: kiɛ gɨu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPiactbe striving, be covetous
- VPtoNseek after, strive for
取索 qǔ suǒ OC: skhoʔ saaɡ MC: tshi̯o sɑk 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNseek
尋討 xún tǎo OC: ljum thuuʔ MC: zim thɑu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtpost.vt+Nseek (in)
爭求 zhēng qiú MC: tsreang gjuw OC: skreeŋ ɡu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPt[oN]seek aggressively to obtain thingsCH
懃求 qín qiú OC: ɡlɯn ɡu MC: gɨn gɨu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNdo everything to find, seek diligently
侔 móu OC: mu MC: mɨu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNseek (GUAN)
征 zhēng OC: tjeŋ MC: tɕiɛŋ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNseek to obtain
望求 wàng qiú OC: maŋs ɡu MC: mi̯ɐŋ gɨu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNhope for and seek to obtain
推尋 tuī xún OC: kh-luul ljum MC: thuo̝i zim 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPiactsearch; seek, be on a search
- VPt(oN)search for
- VPtoNseach for, seek after, persue
相 xiàng OC: sqaŋs MC: si̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
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- Syntactic words
- vtoNlook out carefully for
求得 qiú dé dé de děi MC: gjuw tok OC: ɡu tɯɯɡ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPiseek to obtain (things)> seek gainCH
覽 lǎn OC: ɡ-raamʔ MC: lɑm 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNsearch by way of a survey for something (everywhere)
近名 jìn míng OC: ɡɯns meŋ MC: gɨn miɛŋ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPiactZHUANG: seek fame
Click here to add pinyin MC: OC: 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPiseek to obtain (things)> seek gainCH
Click here to add pinyin MC: OC: 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPt[oN]seek aggressively to obtain thingsCH
搜 sōu OC: sru MC: ʂɨu 0 Attributions
Sōu 搜 refers to the conduct of a searching campaign of some size, typically for a person.
- Word relations
- Result: 得/OBTAIN
The current general and highly abstract verb for obtaining any form of possession of anything abstract or concrete is dé 得 (ant. shī 失 "lose inadvertently").
- Syntactic words
- vtoNconduct a search in (a place)