尋 (cam4) — search; look for; seek in Cantonese
camˎ₄尋简 寻
Mandarin Pinyin: xun2
Meaning of 尋
nounsearch; look for; seek
Example Sentences with 尋
gwaiˊ²鬼ziˉ¹知keoiˏ₅佢camˎ₄尋maanˏ₅晚heoi˗₃去zoˊ²咗binˉ¹邊。
Who (the hell) knows where he went last night.
[as in "I don't know where he went last night"]
camˎ₄尋ci˗₃刺gikˉ¹激zaa3.咋。
Just seeking excitement.
camˎ₄尋maanˏ₅晚fan˗₃瞓mˎ₄唔hou2,好，wanˎ₄暈wanˎ₄暈deiˍ₆地。
Slept badly last night, feeling dizzy.
camˎ₄尋maanˏ₅晚paak˗₃泊zoˊ²咗deiˍ₆地zong˗₃藏ceˉ¹車
Last night, I parked in the underground lot.
daap˗₃踏syut˗₃雪camˎ₄尋mui4.梅。
Treading on snow to find plum blossoms.
Words Containing 尋
返尋味faan1 cam4 mei6
(originally of food) to return in search of the taste or fragrance which was a good experience previously
尋日cam4 jat6
yesterday [Var] 噚日 , 琴日 , 噙日 |[華]: 昨天, 昨日
搜尋引擎sau2 cam4 jan5 king4
an internet search engine
食過返尋味sik6 gwo3 faan1 cam4 mei6
to return for the taste of sth one has eaten
尋找cam4 zaau2
to look for; to find; to seek | [粵]: 搵 (wan2)
尋釁cam4 jan6
pick a quarrel; start a fight; provoke; pugnacious; truculent
尋求cam4 kau4
seek; pursue; search for; look for; explore
尋回cam4 wui4
retrieved
尋根究底cam4 gan1 gau3 dai2
inquire deeply into
尋覓cam4 mik6
to search for, to seek (something that is good).
非比尋常fei1 bei2 cam4 soeng4
extraordinary; out of the ordinary; unusual
猜情尋caai1 cing4 cam4
the game of scissor rock paper
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