查

chá · cha/Zhā · zha/zhā · zha

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

chá 查

  1. to research
  2. to check
  3. to investigate
  4. to examine
  5. to refer to
  6. to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

Zhā 查

  1. surname Zha

zhā 查

  1. variant of 楂 (zhā)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)记(jì)不(bu)起(qǐ)昨(zuó)天(tiān)查(chá)的(de)那(nà)个(ge)词(cí)的(de)意(yì)思(si)了(le)。

I can't remember the meaning of the word that I looked up yesterday.

Tatoeba: Chinese by mtdot · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

遇(yù)到(dào)不(bú)认(rèn)识(shi)的(de)生(shēng)词(cí),你(nǐ)可(kě)以(yǐ)查(chá)一(yí)下(xià)词(cí)典(diǎn)。

When you come across an unfamiliar word, you can look it up in the dictionary.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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