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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mì | mi4
English translation
to seek
to find
old variant of
>[mì]
to seek; to search

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

zhǎo

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To search for something with eyes  jiàn and hands  zhǎo

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

爫见

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长角 Niú de 觅食 mì shí 本领 běnlǐng bèi jiǎng 神乎其神.

The Longhon's skill at finding food became a legend.

zài 皮毛 pí máo 湿 shī de 情况 qíngkuàng xià , 他们 tā men zài 低洼 dī wā chǔ ,靠近 kào jìn 黑莓 hēi méi cóng ,或者 huòzhě duǒ zài 背风 shǎng , 毫无 háowú 觅食 mì shí de 情绪 qíngxù .

With their fleece sopping wet, they huddled in hollows, too dispirited to graze.

觅食 mì shí 蠕虫 rú chóng de diǎo

birds looking for worms

不忍心 dēng diào zài 新欢 xīn huān

I can't bring myself to ditch him and start again.

44 suì 女士 nǚshì 寻觅 xúnmì 年龄 niánlíng 相仿 xiāng fǎng 体贴 tǐtiē 诚实 chéngshí de 男士 nán shì 为友共享 gòng xiǎng 快乐 kuàilè 非诚勿扰

44-year-old woman seeks caring, honest male of similar age for friendship and fun. Genuine replies only.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
寻觅 xúnmì to look for尋覓
to seek
觅食 mì shí to forage覓食
觅取 mì qǔ to seek覓取
骑驴觅驴 qí lǘ mì lǘ fig. to look for what one already has騎驢覓驢
闭门觅句 bì mén mì jù lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing閉門覓句

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