to find; to discover; to seek out

to seek; to search for; to try to locate

to be unable to find something or someone

To find and get back something that was lost or missing, or to regain a former state or feeling

to find out; to locate or discover something or someone through searching

to search for, look up, or locate something missing or needed (often used for information or files)

to look for; to seek; to search for; same as [[寻找|尋找|xun2 zhao3]]

to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions; to bring something unpleasant on oneself; to ask for it

to deliberately find fault, provoke, or be difficult with someone; to look for trouble

To call on someone at their home or place of business, often unexpectedly or with a specific purpose (such as to settle a debt or confront someone)

to look for a pretext; to make up an excuse

To invite difficulties or increase one's own burden; to look for trouble

to court death; to take a big risk; also used as a common insult or exclamation directed at someone doing something reckless or offensive

to be unable to find; to fail to locate something or someone after searching

to look for an opportunity; to seek out a suitable time to do something

to nitpick or intentionally find fault with someone to start a fight or pick a quarrel

To go looking for trouble or purposefully pick a fight; to be provocative.

to look for a marriage partner or a steady boyfriend or girlfriend

To return the amount of money exceeding the price during a transaction; to give back change.

To deliberately pick a quarrel or find fault; to go out of one's way to be difficult or troublesome for someone else.

to make something uniform or level, such as height or length

To search for a path to develop further or break through a difficult situation, often specifically referring to looking for a job.

change returned from money paid; the balance of an account to be paid back

to level a surface; to make even or flat

To seek or find a clever way to do something; to find the trick or knack for solving a problem.

(colloquial) to make up for a deficiency; to complement or add to something so that it is sufficient

To find an excuse or a way out of an embarrassing situation to save face.

to bring trouble or misfortune on oneself; to act in a way that makes one's own life difficult

to pick a quarrel or deliberately look for a reason to complain; to be nitpicky

to pick on someone; to intentionally look for problems or flaws in order to cause trouble for others

to pick a quarrel or look for a reason to cause trouble; nitpicking

to look for an excuse or justification, often to cover up a mistake; to seek a way out or a solution

To stay in an unsatisfactory job, relationship, or situation while actively looking for a better one; literally, 'to ride a horse to find a horse'.

to try to recover lost face or prestige after suffering a humiliation or setback

literally meaning that one cannot find something even when searching with a lantern; used to describe someone or something that is exceptionally rare or hard to find

Idiomatic phrase used to tell a server or driver that they do not need to return the change after a payment

To settle a debt using items of equivalent value, or to trade items of equal value so that no change or balance is owed by either party

To pay money to somebody when you should have been the one receiving payment; often used to describe something so undesirable that you wouldn't take it even if paid

Used to announce that someone from outside is asking to see or visit a person within an office or household.

to be confused or lost; literally to be unable to find the north star and therefore lose one's sense of direction

To look for something fun to do; to seek out pleasure or entertainment.

to find; to discover; to pick out

to look for flaws or pick holes in something in order to criticize it; colloquial

To look for a graceful way to resolve a deadlock or end a difficult situation without losing face; literally, to find a set of stairs to go down.

to look for a pretext or an excuse to get out of an awkward or embarrassing situation

to recover one's dignity or save face after a humiliation or defeat

to look for a husband; used of a woman seeking a partner for marriage

To look for an enemy or adversary to settle a score.

to provoke a fight or act in a way that invites physical punishment