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查出 (chá chū) — to find out after investigation, to uncover, to track down

Definition

查出 means 'find out' or 'uncover' through investigation or checking — the result comes from active searching (检查、调查), unlike simply discovering something by chance.

verb
to find out after investigationto uncoverto track down

Examples

  • 查出。
    Jǐng chá zhōng yú chá chū le zuì fàn de xià luò.
    The police finally tracked down the criminal's whereabouts.
  • 查出。
    Yī shēng cóng tā de xuè yè zhōng chá chū le bìng dú de lái yuán.
    The doctor traced the source of the virus from his blood.
  • ，查出。
    Jīng guò fǎn fù hé duì, tā men chá chū le zhàng mù zhōng de cuò wù.
    After repeated checks, they uncovered the errors in the accounts.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

查cháinvestigate
出chūout

查 means to investigate and 出 indicates out, giving the sense of uncovering something.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě查chá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

查 pairs 木 (wood) with 且, which shows the sound. It originally meant a hawthorn tree or a wooden raft.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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