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"to seek after" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
追求 zhuī qiú to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly / to seek after / to woo syn
求取 qiú qǔ to seek after / to strive for
Chinese Pinyin Translation
的 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn
就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn
来 來 lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn
去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn
看 kàn to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for syn
起来 起來 qi lai (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3lai5] syn
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
求 qiú to seek / to look for / to request / to demand / to beseech syn
总 總 zǒng general / overall / to sum up / in every case / always / invariably / anyway / after all / eventually / sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc syn
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between / among / amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2zhi3 zhi1 jian1]) syn
寻找 尋找 xún zhǎo to seek / to look for syn
不久 bù jiǔ not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after syn
寻求 尋求 xún qiú to seek / to look for syn
咨询 咨詢 zī xún to inquire / to consult / to seek advice from syn
求救 qiú jiù to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties) syn
找寻 找尋 zhǎo xún to look for / to seek / to find fault syn
谋生 謀生 móu shēng to seek one's livelihood / to work to support oneself / to earn a living syn
取名 qǔ míng to name / to be named / to christen / to seek fame syn
探访 探訪 tàn fǎng to seek by inquiry or search / to call on / to visit syn
征求 徵求 zhēng qiú to solicit / to seek / to request (opinions, feedback etc) / to petition syn
避难 避難 bì nàn to take refuge / to seek asylum
求生 qiú shēng to seek survival / to possess the will to live syn
后天 後天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
上交 shàng jiāo to hand over to / to give to higher authority / to seek connections in high places syn
求之不得 qiú zhī bù dé lit. seek but fail to get (idiom) / fig. exactly what one’s been looking for syn
出风头 出風頭 chū fēng tou to push oneself forward / to seek fame / to be in the limelight / same as 出鋒頭|出锋头[chu1 feng1 tou5] syn
物色 wù sè to look for / to seek out / to choose syn
寻开心 尋開心 xún kāi xīn to make fun of / to seek diversion syn
探寻 探尋 tàn xún to search / to seek / to explore syn
就诊 就診 jiù zhěn to see a doctor / to seek medical advice syn
求职 求職 qiú zhí to seek employment syn
投奔 tóu bèn to seek shelter / to seek asylum syn
找钱 找錢 zhǎo qián to give change / to seek funding / (dialect) to make money / to earn a living
求证 求證 qiú zhèng to seek proof / to seek confirmation syn
亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted syn
容身 róng shēn to find a place where one can fit in / to make one's home / to seek shelter syn
贪图 貪圖 tān tú to covet / to seek (riches, fame) syn
闯荡 闖盪 chuǎng dàng to leave home to make one's way in the world / to leave the life one knows to seek success syn
猎取 獵取 liè qǔ to hunt / (fig.) to seek (fame etc)
猎奇 獵奇 liè qí to hunt for novelty / to seek novelty
谋求 謀求 móu qiú to seek / to strive for syn
实事求是 實事求是 shí shì qiú shì lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) / fig. to be practical and realistic syn
营利 營利 yíng lì for profit / to seek profit syn
探求 tàn qiú to seek / to pursue / to investigate syn
谋取 謀取 móu qǔ to seek / to strive for / to obtain / see also 牟取[mou2 qu3] syn
寻根 尋根 xún gēn to seek one's roots / to get to the bottom of a matter
姑息 gū xī excessively tolerant / to overindulge (sb) / overly conciliatory / to seek appeasement at any price syn
企求 qǐ qiú to seek for / to hope to gain / desirous syn
大后天 大後天 dà hòu tiān three days from now / day after day after tomorrow
求学 求學 qiú xué to pursue one's studies / to attend school / to seek knowledge syn
求解 qiú jiě to require a solution / to seek to solve (an equation)
雨过天晴 雨過天晴 yǔ guò tiān qíng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing1] syn
追索 zhuī suǒ to demand payment / to extort / to trace / to seek / to pursue / to explore syn
攀附 pān fù to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing syn
精益求精 jīng yì qiú jīng (idiom) to constantly seek to improve / to keep perfecting syn
探察 tàn chá to investigate / to observe / to scout / to seek out and examine / to explore syn
求同存异 求同存異 qiú tóng cún yì to seek common ground, putting differences aside (idiom) syn
求医 求醫 qiú yī to seek medical treatment / to see a doctor syn
尾数 尾數 wěi shù remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account) syn
求是 qiú shì to seek the truth
补交 補交 bǔ jiāo to hand in after the deadline / to pay after the due date
求偶 qiú ǒu to seek a marriage partner / (of an animal) to seek a mate / to court syn
慕名 mù míng to admire sb's reputation / to seek out famous person or location syn
谋职 謀職 móu zhí to look for a job / to seek employment syn
上访 上訪 shàng fǎng to seek an audience with higher-ups (esp. government officials) to petition for sth
解放后 解放後 jiě fàng hòu after liberation (i.e. after the Communist's victory) / after the establishment of PRC in 1949
招商 zhāo shāng to seek investment or funding / investment promotion
补票 補票 bǔ piào to buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat etc / to buy a ticket for a show after having sat down in the theater
公示 gōng shì to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments) / public notification
诚聘 誠聘 chéng pìn to seek to recruit / to invite job applications from
海归 海歸 hǎi guī sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hai3 gui1]) / to return to China after a period of study or work overseas
寻欢 尋歡 xún huān to seek pleasure (esp. sexual)
捉迷藏 zhuō mí cáng to play hide-and-seek syn
回神 huí shén to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked) / to snap out of it (after being lost in thought)
彭德怀 彭德懷 péng dé huái Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution
征友 徵友 zhēng yǒu to seek new friends through personal ads, dating apps etc
找对象 找對象 zhǎo duì xiàng to seek a marriage partner / looking for a mate
师友 師友 shī yǒu friend from whom you can seek advice syn
拉关系 拉關係 lā guān xì to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit / to suck up to sb syn
弃暗投明 棄暗投明 qì àn tóu míng to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one syn
求同 qiú tóng to seek consensus / to seek conformity
打肿脸充胖子 打腫臉充胖子 dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom) / to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities syn
找 zhǎo to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change syn
投 tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water syn
图 圖 tú diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek syn
寻 尋 xún to search / to look for / to seek syn
访 訪 fǎng (bound form) to seek by inquiry / (bound form) to visit / to call on syn
邀 yāo to invite / to request / to intercept / to solicit / to seek syn
谋 謀 móu to plan / to seek / scheme syn
余 餘 yú extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me syn
牟 móu barley / to moo / to seek or obtain / old variant of 侔[mou2] / old variant of 眸[mou2] syn
攀亲 攀親 pān qīn to seek to profit by family ties syn
咨 zī (bound form) to consult / to seek advice / to take counsel syn
搜求 sōu qiú to seek / to look for syn
访求 訪求 fǎng qiú to seek / to search for
好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn
也 yě also / too / as well / (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5] syn
得 de structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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