look for; seek (dialect)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to look for; to seek; to try to find
dialectChiefly used in northern Chinese dialects (e.g., Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei). Implies a casual, sometimes rummaging or scouting search, often in second-hand markets, old bookstores, or among scattered items.
Xiǎng想
dào到
jiù旧
shū书
diàn店
xué学
mo摸
liǎng两
běn本
shū书
。
I was thinking of going to a second-hand bookstore to look for a couple of books.
Tā他
zhěng整
tiān天
qù去
zǎo早
shì市
xué学
mo摸
pián便
yi宜
huò货
。
He spends all day at the morning market scouting for bargains.
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Nǐ你
bāng帮
wǒ我
xué学
mo摸
xué学
mo摸
，
kàn看
nǎr哪
yǒu儿
mài有
zhè卖
zhǒng这
líng种
jiàn零
de件
的
。
Help me look around and see where they sell this kind of spare part.
Wǒ我
zài在
jiā家
lǐ里
xué学
mo摸
le了
bàn半
tiān天
yě也
méi没
zhǎo找
zháo着
nà那
fēng封
xìn信
。
I rummaged around the house for ages but still couldn't find that letter.