查cháto check
查 (chá) means "to check" and "to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)." It appears in 我查一下这个字。 (Let me look up this character.) and 你去查一下明天的天气。 (Go check tomorrow's weather.) A speaker says 我也不知道,查一下字典吧。 (I don't know either; let's look it up in the dictionary.) The reply is 好,我来查。 (OK, I'll look it up.)
What does 查 mean?
- 1.
to checkverb
- 2.
to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)verb
What does the character 查 mean?
- 查to check
How do you use 查?
See it in 我查一下这个字 and 你去查一下明天的天气
What are some examples of 查 in a sentence?
How is 查 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
这个词是什么意思?
Zhège cí shì shénme yìsi?
What does this word mean?
- Speaker B:
我也不知道,查一下字典吧。
Wǒ yě bù zhīdào, chá yíxià zìdiǎn ba.
I don't know either; let's look it up in the dictionary.
- Speaker A:
好,我来查。
Hǎo, wǒ lái chá.
OK, I'll look it up.
- Speaker B:
谢谢!
Xièxie!
Thanks!
Can you use 查 correctly?
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.