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suǒ

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Definitions

  1. 1. to search
  2. 2. to demand
  3. 3. to ask
  4. 4. to exact
  5. 5. large rope
  6. 6. isolated

Example Sentences

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她摸 著一張紙。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 819017)

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Words Containing 索

索然无味
suǒ rán wú wèi

dull

架空索道
jià kōng suǒ dào

aerial ropeway

绳索
shéng suǒ

rope

索然寡味
suǒ rán guǎ wèi

dull and insipid

滑索
huá suǒ

zip line

索马里
suǒ mǎ lǐ

Somalia

利索
lì suo

nimble

利马索尔
lì mǎ suǒ ěr

Limassol, Cyprus

索引
suǒ yǐn

index

索命
suǒ mìng

to demand sb's life

披索
pī suǒ

peso (currency in Latin America) (loanword)

索尔仁尼琴
suǒ ěr rén ní qín

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian writer, prominent Soviet dissident, author of the Gulag Archipelago

摸索
mō suo

to feel about

索邦大学
suǒ bāng dà xué

Université Paris IV

索价
suǒ jià

to ask a price

罗摩诺索夫
luó mó nuò suǒ fū

Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765), famous Russian chemist and polymath

滑雪索道
huá xuě suǒ dào

ski-lift

轴索
zhóu suǒ

axon (long thin axis of nerve cell)

搜索树
sōu suǒ shù

search tree (computing)

索要
suǒ yào

to ask for

人肉搜索引擎
rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíng

human flesh search engine

探索
tàn suǒ

to explore

索福克勒斯
suǒ fú kè lè sī

Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Oedipus the King

卢克索
lú kè suǒ

Luxor, city in Egypt

索国
suǒ guó

Solomon Islands

索然
suǒ rán

dull

脊索动物门
jǐ suǒ dòng wù mén

Chordata, phylum containing vertebrates

索索
suǒ suǒ

trembling

费人思索
fèi rén sī suǒ

to think oneself to exhaustion (idiom)

追索
zhuī suǒ

to demand payment

走索
zǒu suǒ

tightrope walking

索县
suǒ xiàn

Sog county, Tibetan: Sog rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[nà qǔ dì qū], central Tibet

干脆利索
gān cuì lì suo

see 乾脆利落|干脆利落[gān cuì lì luo]

索绪尔
suǒ xù ěr

Saussure (name)

人肉搜索
rén ròu sōu suǒ

to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting in doxing)

索带
suǒ dài

cable tie

敲诈勒索
qiāo zhà lè suǒ

extortion and blackmail (idiom)

索菲亚
suǒ fēi yà

Sofia (capital of Bulgaria)

神经索
shén jīng suǒ

nerve cord

索契
suǒ qì

Sochi (city on the Black Sea in Russia)

索具装置
suǒ jù zhuāng zhì

rig

太空探索
tài kōng tàn suǒ

space exploration

美索不达米亚
měi suǒ bù dá mǐ yà

Mesopotamia

脊索动物
jǐ suǒ dòng wù

chordata

缆索吊椅
lǎn suǒ diào yǐ

ski-lift

索取
suǒ qǔ

to ask

伊索
yī suǒ

Aesop (trad. 620-560 BC), Greek slave and storyteller, supposed author of Aesop's fables

澡垢索疵
zǎo gòu suǒ cī

to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom); to find fault

离索
lí suǒ

(literary) desolate and lonely

索里亚
suǒ lǐ yà

Soria, Spain

索杰纳
suǒ jié nà

Sojourner (Martian land rover)

精索
jīng suǒ

spermatic cord (anatomy)

索解
suǒ jiě

to seek an answer

索福克里斯
suǒ fú kè lǐ sī

Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek playwright

搜索队
sōu suǒ duì

search party

墨索里尼
mò suǒ lǐ ní

Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, \Il Duce\, president 1922-1943

马托格罗索
mǎ tuō gé luó suǒ

Mato Grosso, western province of Brazil

按图索骥
àn tú suǒ jì

lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)

声索国
shēng suǒ guó

claimant country (in a territorial dispute)

穆索尔斯基
mù suǒ ěr sī jī

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Russian composer, composer of Pictures at an Exhibition

索求
suǒ qiú

to seek

比索
bǐ suǒ

peso (currency in Latin America) (loanword)

索普
suǒ pǔ

Thorpe (name)

狄俄倪索斯
dí é ní suǒ sī

Dionysus, the god of wine in Greek mythology

探索性
tàn suǒ xìng

exploratory

搜索枯肠
sōu suǒ kū cháng

to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)

索赔
suǒ péi

to ask for compensation

索罗门
suǒ luó mén

Solomon (name)

全文检索
quán wén jiǎn suǒ

full text search

索多玛与哈摩辣
suǒ duō mǎ yǔ hā mó là

Sodom and Gomorrah

精索静脉曲张
jīng suǒ jìng mài qū zhāng

varicocele (medicine)

悬索桥
xuán suǒ qiáo

suspension bridge

拖牵索道
tuō qiān suǒ dào

anchor lift (ski-lift)

索多玛
suǒ duō mǎ

Sodom

思索
sī suǒ

to think deeply

线索
xiàn suǒ

trail

高加索
gāo jiā suǒ

Caucasus

导火索
dǎo huǒ suǒ

fuse (for explosive)

加索尔
jiā suǒ ěr

Gasol (name)

汤姆·索亚历险记
tāng mǔ · suǒ yà lì xiǎn jì

Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫|马克·吐温[mǎ kè · tǔ wēn]

悉悉索索
xī xī suǒ suǒ

(onom.) rustling sound (of clothing, leaves, snow etc)

勒索
lè suǒ

to blackmail

检索
jiǎn suǒ

to retrieve (data)

布拉索夫
bù lā suǒ fū

Braşov, Romania

勒索软件
lè suǒ ruǎn jiàn

ransomware (computing)

高加索山脉
gāo jiā suǒ shān mài

Caucasus Mountains

绳索套
shéng suǒ tào

a noose

套索
tào suǒ

a lasso

勒索罪
lè suǒ zuì

blackmail

索贿
suǒ huì

to exact bribes

索讨
suǒ tǎo

to demand; to ask for

索尔兹伯里石环
suǒ ěr zī bó lǐ shí huán

Stonehenge

罗蒙诺索夫
luó méng nuò suǒ fū

Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765), Russian polymath and writer

搜索引擎
sōu suǒ yǐn qíng

search engine

索非亚
suǒ fēi yà

Sofia, capital of Bulgaria

丹尼索瓦人
dān ní suǒ wǎ rén

Denisovan, an extinct species of human

圣索非亚大教堂
shèng suǒ fēi yà dà jiào táng

Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)

不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ

(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip

罗摩诺索夫山脊
luó mó nuò suǒ fū shān jǐ

Lomonosov ridge (in the Artic Ocean)

索道
suǒ dào

ropeway

布基纳法索
bù jī nà fǎ suǒ

Burkina Faso

搜索
sōu suǒ

to search (a place)

玩索
wán suǒ

to search for subtle traces

瑟索
sè suǒ

to shiver

毕加索
bì jiā suǒ

Picasso

索尼
suǒ ní

Sony

罗索
luó suǒ

Roseau, capital of Dominica

弗朗索瓦·霍兰德
fú lǎng suǒ wǎ · huò lán dé

François Hollande (1954-), French Socialist politician, president of France 2012-2017

冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ

to mull over (idiom)

不加思索
bù jiā sī suǒ

see 不假思索[bù jiǎ sī suǒ]

三索锦蛇
sān suǒ jǐn shé

copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake

圣索非亚
shèng suǒ fēi yà

Hagia Sophia (Greek: Holy wisdom)

脊索
jǐ suǒ

notochord (anatomy)

外高加索
wài gāo jiā suǒ

Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus

吊索
diào suǒ

sling; hoisting rope

乔治·索罗斯
qiáo zhì · suǒ luó sī

George Soros or György Schwartz (1930-), Hungarian American financial speculator and millionaire philanthropist

汤姆索亚历险记
tāng mǔ suǒ yà lì xiǎn jì

Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

莱索托
lái suǒ tuō

Lesotho

溜索
liū suǒ

zip line

推索
tuī suǒ

to inquire into

纵神经索
zòng shén jīng suǒ

longitudinal nerve cord

索罗斯
suǒ luó sī

Soros (name)

埃尔帕索
āi ěr pà suǒ

El Paso (Texas)

飞索
fēi suǒ

zip line

索尔
suǒ ěr

Thor (Norse god of thunder)

头索类
tóu suǒ lèi

lancelet (Branchiostoma)

索尔兹伯里平原
suǒ ěr zī bó lǐ píng yuán

Salisbury plain

肯普索恩
kěn pǔ suǒ ēn

(Dirk) Kempthorne (US Senator from Idaho)

绞索
jiǎo suǒ

a noose for hanging criminals

求索
qiú suǒ

to search for sth

科索沃
kē suǒ wò

Kosovo

萧索
xiāo suǒ

bleak

南高加索
nán gāo jiā suǒ

Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus

库拉索
kù lā suǒ

Curaçao

索性
suǒ xìng

you might as well (do it)

意兴索然
yì xìng suǒ rán

to have no interest in sth

缆索
lǎn suǒ

cable