寻 (xún) means Search (seek - look for). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
大家一起 寻 找那只小狗。
Dàjiā yìqǐ xúnzhǎo nà zhī xiǎo gǒu.
Everyone searched together for the puppy.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 寻找
鸟儿在树林里 寻 觅食物。
Niǎo'ér zài shùlín lǐ xúnmì shíwù.
The birds search for food in the wood.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 寻觅
他们努力 寻 找生存的机会。
Tāmen nǔlì xúnzhǎo shēngcún de jīhuì.
They struggled to find a chance of survival.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生存
警方正在 寻 找失踪的孩子。
Jǐngfāng zhèngzài xúnzhǎo shī zōng de háizi.
The police are searching for the missing child.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 失踪
他一直在 寻 找合适的题材。
Tā yìzhí zài xúnzhǎo héshì de tícái.
He has been looking for a suitable subject.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 题材
他一直在 寻 觅合适的机会。
Tā yìzhí zài xúnmì héshì de jīhuì.
He has been looking for a suitable opportunity.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 寻觅
他在报纸上登了一则 寻 人启事。
Tā zài bàozhǐ shang dēng le yì zé xún rén qǐshì.
He placed a missing-person notice in the newspaper.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 启事
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Words that contain 寻
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Questions about 寻
How is 寻 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 寻 (xún, "Search (seek - look for)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 寻 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 寻 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 寻?
The dictionary page for 寻 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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