摸索

Chinese

		feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
trad. (摸索)		摸	索
simp. ^#(摸索)		摸	索

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mōsuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛㄙㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo² saak³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mo͘-sak / mo͘-soh / bo͘-sak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mōsuǒ → mōsuo (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛㄙㄨㄛˇ → ㄇㄛ ˙ㄙㄨㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mosuo̊
  - Wade–Giles: mo¹-so⁵
  - Yale: mwō-swo
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mho.suoo
  - Palladius: мосо (moso)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo² saak³
  - Yale: mó saak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo² saak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo² sag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː³⁵ saːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo͘-sak
  - Tâi-lô: moo-sak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mosag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃³³ sak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo͘-soh
  - Tâi-lô: moo-soh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mosoiq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² soʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo͘-sak
  - Tâi-lô: boo-sak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bosag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ³³ sak̚⁵/

Verb

摸索

to grope; to feel about; to fumble; to fiddle
to try to find

Synonyms

(try to find):

尋找／寻找 (xúnzhǎo)
尋查／寻查 (xúnchá)
尋索／寻索 (xúnsuǒ)
尋覓／寻觅 (xúnmì)
找 (zhǎo)
找尋／找寻 (zhǎoxún)
抄身 (chāoshēn) (to frisk)
探尋／探寻 (tànxún)
探索 (tànsuǒ) (literary, in order to find evidence)
搜 (sōu)
搜尋／搜寻 (sōuxún)
搜查 (sōuchá) (in order to find evidence)
搜索 (sōusuǒ)
搜身 (sōushēn) (to frisk)
搵／揾
查尋／查寻 (cháxún)
查找 (cházhǎo)
檢索／检索 (jiǎnsuǒ) (to look up)
緝查／缉查 (jīchá) (in order to find evidence)
追尋／追寻 (zhuīxún)
追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
摸	索
も Hyōgaiji	さく Grade: S
goon	kan’on

For pronunciation and definitions of 摸索 – see the following entry.

【模索もさく】

[noun] groping

[verb] to grope, to fumble for

(This term, 摸索, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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