搜查 sōuchá to search
How to remember 搜查: 搜 to seek + 查 to check = to search.
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How it is used
- For authorities to search premises or a person for evidence - 警察持证搜查房屋 (jǐngchá chí zhèng sōuchá fángwū) police searched the house with a warrant.
- Legal/police register - hunting for contraband or evidence, not looking for a lost item.
Example sentences
- 搜查房子。 Sōuchá fángzi.Search the house.
- 我们有权搜查你的公寓。 Wǒmen yǒuquán sōuchá nǐ de gōngyù.We have a warrant to search your apartment.
- 汤姆搜查了衣柜里面。 Tāngmǔ sōuchá le yīguì lǐmiàn.Tom searched inside the closet.