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查cháto check

HSK 3word

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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. 1.

    to checkverb

  2. 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?

  1. 我查一下这个字。

    Wǒ chá yíxià zhège zì.

    Let me look up this character.

  2. 你去查一下明天的天气。

    Nǐ qù chá yíxià míngtiān de tiānqì.

    Go check tomorrow's weather.

How is 查 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    这个词是什么意思?

    Zhège cí shì shénme yìsi?

    What does this word mean?

  2. 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.

  3. Speaker A:

    好,我来查。

    Hǎo, wǒ lái chá.

    OK, I'll look it up.

  4. Speaker B:

    谢谢!

    Xièxie!

    Thanks!

Can you use 查 correctly?

0 of 3 answered
  1. 1.Fill in the blank: 我___一下这个字。 (Let me look up this character.)
  2. 2.What does 你去查一下明天的天气。 mean?
  3. 3.Fill in the blank: 我也不知道,___一下字典吧。 (I don't know either; let's look it up in the dictionary.)

What should you learn next?

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.