Chinese word dictionary

搜索引擎

sōu suǒ yǐn qíng · search engine

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Word information

Simplified搜索引擎

Traditional搜索引擎

Pinyinsōu suǒ yǐn qíng

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

搜sōu

to seek, to search, to investigate

索suǒ

cable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, to inquire

引yǐn

to pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract

擎qíng

to lift; to support, to hold up

How to learn 搜索引擎

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

吸引xīyǐn

to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate

引起yǐnqǐ

to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse

搜sōu

(bound form) to collect; to gather; to search; variant of 蒐|搜[sou1]

搜索sōusuǒ

to search (a place, a database, online etc); to search for (sth)

引进yǐnjìn

to recommend; to introduce (from outside)

搜集sōují

to gather; to collect