找
Meanings
- to try to find
- to look for
- to call on sb
- to find
- to seek
- to return
- to give change
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- 找
- zhǎo · search, seek, look for; find
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3 · zhao3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zaau2
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character · Etymology 1
- to look for; to seek
- to ask for somebody; to call on somebody
- to give change
- to make up (a deficiency)
- (Northern Wu, specifically) to look for; to search for (a job, a partner, etc.)
character · Etymology 2
- (Hokkien) alternative form of 揣
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