查 (chá) means Investigate. Below are 24 of the 46 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
请仔细检 查 一遍。
Qǐng zǐxì jiǎnchá yí biàn.
Please check it over carefully.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 仔细
检 查 完毕后请签字。
Jiǎnchá wánbì hòu qǐng qiānzì.
Please sign once the inspection is finished.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 完毕
他 查 阅了大量文献。
Tā cháyuè le dàliàng wénxiàn.
He consulted a great deal of literature.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 文献
写完以后要检 查 一下。
Xiě wán yǐhòu yào jiǎnchá yíxià.
Check it over once you've finished writing.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 检查
医生给他检 查 了身体。
Yīshēng gěi tā jiǎnchá le shēntǐ.
The doctor gave him a physical examination.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 检查
请认真检 查 一下作业。
Qǐng rènzhēn jiǎnchá yíxià zuòyè.
Please check your homework carefully.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 认真
警察正在调 查 这件事。
Jǐngchá zhèngzài diàochá zhè jiàn shì.
The police are investigating this matter.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 调查
这次调 查 花了两个月。
Zhè cì diàochá huā le liǎng ge yuè.
This survey took two months.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 调查
工程师正在检 查 机器。
Gōngchéngshī zhèngzài jiǎnchá jīqì.
The engineer is checking the machine.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 工程师
学校进行了全面检 查 。
Xuéxiào jìnxíng le quánmiàn jiǎnchá.
The school carried out a comprehensive inspection.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 全面
警方 查 获了大量假药。
Jǐngfāng cháhuò le dàliàng jiǎ yào.
The police uncovered a large quantity of counterfeit medicine.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 查获
警方 查 获了一批毒品。
Jǐngfāng cháhuò le yì pī dúpǐn.
The police seized a quantity of narcotics.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 毒品
启程前要检 查 好证件。
Qǐchéng qián yào jiǎnchá hǎo zhèngjiàn.
Check your documents carefully before setting out.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 启程
这份材料还在审 查 中。
Zhè fèn cáiliào hái zài shěnchá zhōng.
This material is still under review.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 审查
失事原因还在调 查 中。
Shī shì yuányīn hái zài diàochá zhōng.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 失事
出门前务必检 查 一遍。
Chūmén qián wùbì jiǎnchá yí biàn.
Be sure to check once before leaving.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 务必
调 查 终于揭开了真相。
Diàochá zhōngyú jiē kāi le zhēnxiàng.
The investigation finally uncovered the truth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 真相
乘坐飞机前要检 查 行李。
Chéngzuò fēijī qián yào jiǎnchá xíngli.
Before boarding a plane you have to check your luggage.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 乘坐
请检 查 一下数量对不对。
Qǐng jiǎnchá yíxià shùliàng duì bu duì.
Please check whether the quantity is correct.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 数量
调 查 结果表明他是对的。
Diàochá jiéguǒ biǎomíng tā shì duì de.
The findings of the survey show that he was right.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 表明
边境上的检 查 非常严格。
Biānjìng shang de jiǎnchá fēicháng yángé.
The checks at the frontier are extremely strict.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 边境
动身之前记得检 查 证件。
Dòng shēn zhīqián jìde jiǎnchá zhèngjiàn.
Remember to check your documents before you leave.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 动身
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From the travel phrasebook
查 appears in 46 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 查
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Questions about 查
How is 查 used in a sentence?
This page shows 46 sentences using 查 (chá, "Investigate"), 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 查 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 查 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 查?
The dictionary page for 查 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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