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Meaning of 索

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Pinyin: suǒ
English Definition: to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
Chinese Definition:
①大绳子或大链子:索子。索道。钢索。绞索。线索。
②搜寻,寻求:索引。思索。搜索。探索。
③讨取,要:索还。索求。索取。勒索。
④尽,毫无:索然无味。
⑤单独:离群索居。
⑥姓氏。
Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Ideographic: A rope hanging from the ceiling
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • Above to below
    • [ ] silk; thread
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Example Words
探索 tàn suǒ to explore; to probe
思索 suǒ to think deeply; to ponder
线索 xiàn suǒ trail; clues; thread (of a story)
索性 suǒ xìng you might as well (do it); simply; just
搜索 sōu suǒ to search (a place); to search (a database etc)
More: 索* | *索 | *索*
Example Sentences
1
Then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me first lifeline.
2
5000
We have front row seats, which cost us NT5000 dollars.
3
I've been charged too much for these vegetables.
4
西
He never overcharged when I went shopping in his grocer.
5
The other men could not throw the life-line far enough to reach him.