查 chá to check
check up; to look up; to investigate
How to remember 查: 木 tree + 旦 dawn = to check. The gardener climbs the cherry tree at dawn to check up on the birds stealing her fruit.
Component breakdown
查 = 木 tree + 旦 dawn
- 木 tree
- 旦 dawn
The gardener climbs the cherry tree at dawn to check up on the birds stealing her fruit.
How it came to be
A tree over the sun just clear of the horizon. Looking at a thing in the first light, when the shadows are long enough to show what is there: checking rather than glancing.
How it is used
- To check / look up / investigate - 查字典 (chá zìdiǎn) look it up in a dictionary, 查一下 (chá yíxià) check on it.
- Distinguish 查 (look up info, inspect) from 检查 (jiǎnchá, examine/inspect for problems) and 调查 (diàochá, conduct an investigation/survey).
- Common: 查询 (cháxún) query, 查看 (chákàn) view/inspect, 检查作业 (jiǎnchá zuòyè) check homework.
Characters built with 查
Words with 查
- 检查jiǎncháto checkHSK 3
- 调查diàocháinvestigateHSK 4
- 查找cházhǎoto search forHSK 4
- 查看chákànto look overHSK 4
- 查询cháxúnto checkHSK 6
- 复查fùcháto check againHSK 7
- 抽查chōuchárandom inspectionHSK 7
- 排查páicháto inspectHSK 7
- 查处cháchǔto investigate and handle (a criminal case)HSK 7
- 查明chámíngto investigate and find outHSK 7
- 查获cháhuòto track down and seizeHSK 7
- 考查kǎocháto investigateHSK 7
- 侦查zhēncháto detectHSK 8
- 审查shěncháto examineHSK 8
- 搜查sōucháto searchHSK 8
- 核查hécháto examineHSK 9
- 筛查shāicháto screen (for disease etc)HSK 9
Example sentences
- 医生在给我检查耳朵。 Yīshēng zài gěi wǒ jiǎnchá ěrduo.The doctor is checking my ear.
- 医生仔细检查她的身体。 Yīshēng zǐxì jiǎnchá tā de shēntǐ.The doctor is checking her health carefully.
- 我们对客户进行了问卷调查。 Wǒmen duì kèhù jìnxíngle wènjuàn diàochá.We did a survey of our clients.
- 他正在检查电脑的服务系统。 Tā zhèng zài jiǎnchá diànnǎo de fúwù xìtǒng.He's checking the computer's service system.