| 找 | [ zhaǒ ] to try to find, to look for, to call on sb, to find, to seek, to return, to give change |
| 找上門 | [ zhaǒ shàng mén ] to come to sb's door, to call on sb |
| 找不到 | [ zhaǒ bu daò ] can't find |
| 找不自在 | [ zhaǒ bù zì zai ] to ask for trouble, to bring misfortune on oneself |
| 找不著 | [ zhaǒ bu zhaó ] to be unable to find |
| 找不著北 | [ zhaǒ bu zhaó beǐ ] to be confused and disoriented |
| 找事 | [ zhaǒ shì ] to look for employment, to pick a quarrel |
| 找借口 | [ zhaǒ jiè koǔ ] to look for a pretext |
| 找出 | [ zhaǒ chū ] to find, to search out |
| 找到 | [ zhaǒ daò ] to find |
| 找刺兒 | [ zhaǒ cì ] to find fault |
| 找台階兒 | [ zhaǒ taí jiē ] to find an excuse, to look for a pretext |
| 找回 | [ zhaǒ huí ] to retrieve |
| 找尋 | [ zhaǒ xún ] to look for, to seek, to find fault |
| 找對象 | [ zhaǒ duì xiàng ] to seek a marriage partner, looking for a mate |
| 找岔子 | [ zhaǒ chà zi ] to look for blemishes, to find fault, nitpicking |
| 找平 | [ zhaǒ píng ] to level (ground), to make level |
| 找抽 | [ zhaǒ choū ] (coll.) to look for trouble |
| 找機會 | [ zhaǒ jī huì ] to look for an opportunity |
| 找死 | [ zhaǒ sǐ ] to court death, taking risks |
| 找碴 | [ zhaǒ chá ] variant of 找茬[zhao3 cha2] |
| 找碴兒 | [ zhaǒ chá ] to pick a quarrel, to find fault, nitpicking |
| 找茬 | [ zhaǒ chá ] to pick fault with, to spot the differences, to nitpick, to pick a quarrel, to find complaint with |
| 找著 | [ zhaǒ zhaó ] to find |
| 找補 | [ zhaǒ bu ] to compensate, to make up, to complement, to add |
| 找見 | [ zhaǒ jiàn ] to find (sth one has been looking for) |
| 找贖 | [ zhaǒ shú ] (dialect) to give change |
| 找轍 | [ zhaǒ zhé ] to look for a pretext |
| 找遍 | [ zhaǒ biàn ] to search everywhere, to search high and low, to comb |
| 找錢 | [ zhaǒ qián ] to give change |
| 找門路 | [ zhaǒ mén lù ] to seek help from social connections |
| 找零 | [ zhaǒ líng ] to give change, change money |
| 找頭 | [ zhaǒ tou ] change (from money paid) |
| 找飯碗 | [ zhaǒ fàn wǎn ] to look for a job |
| 找麻煩 | [ zhaǒ má fan ] to look for trouble |
| 找齊 | [ zhaǒ qí ] to make uniform, to even up, to make good a deficiency |
| ⇒ 不用找 | [ bù yòng zhaǒ ] "keep the change" (restaurant expression) |
| ⇒ 尋找 | [ xún zhaǒ ] to seek, to look for |
| ⇒ 查找 | [ chá zhaǒ ] to search for, to look up |
| ⇒ 滿地找牙 | [ mǎn dì zhaǒ yá ] to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor, (fig.) to get beaten up badly, to beat the crap out of (sb) |
| ⇒ 自找 | [ zì zhaǒ ] to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions, you asked for it, to bring it on oneself (sth unpleasant) |
| ⇒ 自找苦吃 | [ zì zhaǒ kǔ chī ] to bring trouble on oneself |
| ⇒ 自找麻煩 | [ zì zhaǒ má fan ] to ask for trouble, to invite difficulties |
| ⇒ 花錢找罪受 | [ huā qián zhaǒ zuì shoù ] to spend money on sth that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous |
| ⇒ 騎馬找馬 | [ qí mǎ zhaǒ mǎ ] (idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one |
| ⇒ 騎驢找馬 | [ qí lǘ zhaǒ mǎ ] (idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one |
| ⇒ 騎驢找驢 | [ qí lǘ zhaǒ lǘ ] lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom), fig. to look for what one already has |
