Usage note
“找”用来表示寻找或查找的动作。比如，你找不到你的玩具熊，就可以说‘我要找我的玩具熊’。
zhǎo lái yòng lái bǎo xiǎng zú dào xún zhǎo huò qiǎn zhāo.
“找” is used to express the action of looking for or searching. For example, if you can't find your teddy bear, you can say '我要找我的玩具熊'.
Context note
这个字常用于日常生活中的寻找物品或人。比如，你可以在购物时说‘我找不到那个商品’或者在朋友家里说‘我想找我的书包’。
zhè gè zì cháng yòng kěn róng shēn qíng zhōng de xún zhǎo wù pǐn huò rén. rú guǒ nǐ kěyǐ zài gòu wù shí shuō ‘wǒ bù néng zhǎo dào nà ge shāng pǐn’ huò qì frend li jū shuō ‘wǒ xiǎng zhǎo wǒ de shū bāo’.
This word is commonly used in daily life when looking for items or people. For example, you can say '我找不到那个商品' when shopping or '我想找我的书包' at a friend's house.
5 examples
我要找我的铅笔。
wǒ yào zhǎo wǒ de qiān bǐ。
I want to find my pencil.
妈妈让我去找爸爸。
mā ma ràng wǒ qù zhǎo bà ba。
Mom asks me to go find Dad.
找不到钥匙，我进不了家门。
zhǎo bú dào yào shi， wǒ jìn bù liǎo jiā mén。
I can't find the key, so I can't get into the house.
图书馆里找不到这本书。
tú shū guǎn lǐ zhǎo bú dào zhè běn shū。
I can't find this book in the library.
我帮朋友找丢失的手机。
wǒ bāng péng yǒu zhǎo diū shī de shǒu jī。
I help my friend look for their lost phone.
5 mini stories
妈妈让我去找我的玩具。我找到了。
mā ma ràng wǒ qù zhǎo wǒ de wán jù。 wǒ zhǎo dào le。
Mom asks me to find my toy. I found it.
我在公园找我的风筝，最后找到了。
wǒ zài gōng yuán zhǎo wǒ de fēng zheng， zuì hòu zhǎo dào le。
I go to the park to find my kite, and finally found it.
我找不到我的书包，只好回家。
wǒ zhǎo bú dào wǒ de shū bāo， zhǐ hǎo huí jiā。
I can't find my backpack, so I have to go home.
我帮朋友找丢失的手机，最后找到了。
wǒ bāng péng yǒu zhǎo diū shī de shǒu jī， zuì hòu zhǎo dào le。
I help my friend look for their lost phone, and finally found it.
我在学校找我的书，找到了。
wǒ zài xué xiào zhǎo wǒ de shū， zhǎo dào le。
I go to school to find my book, and I found it.
Mini dialogue
找铅笔
A
你在找什么？
Nǐ zài zhǎo shénme?
What are you looking for?
B
我在找我的铅笔。
Wǒ zài zhǎo wǒ de qiānbǐ.
I am looking for my pencil.
找朋友
A
我们一起找小猫吧。
Wǒmen yīqǐ zhǎo xiǎo māo ba.
Let's look for the kitten together.
B
好的，它在哪里？
Hǎo de, tā zài nǎlǐ?
Okay, where is it?
Related words and contrasts
similar
寻找
xún zhǎo
to search for
寻找 is a more formal way to say 'look for'.
related
找到
zhǎo dào
to find (successfully)
找 means 'to look for', while 找到 means 'to have found' it.