Definition

1. Verb:
   • To look for / to search for: To actively try to locate or discover something or someone that is not immediately present or known.
   • To find: To succeed in discovering, locating, or obtaining something or someone after searching.
   • To seek / to try to find: To attempt to discover or achieve something, such as a solution, an answer, or an opportunity.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tôi đang tìm chìa khóa của mình. (I am looking for my keys.)
  • Cô ấy đã tìm ra sự thật. (She found out the truth.)
  • Chúng tôi cần tìm một giải pháp mới. (We need to seek a new solution.)

Advanced Usage

• "tìm cách": to try to find a way, to attempt to.

  • Họ đang tìm cách cải thiện dịch vụ. (They are trying to find a way to improve the service.)

• "tìm hiểu": to research, to inquire about, to learn about.

  • Sinh viên phải tìm hiểu kỹ chủ đề này. (Students must research this topic thoroughly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tìm kiếm (v): to search, to seek (often implies a more formal or thorough process).

  • Cảnh sát đang tìm kiếm nhân chứng. (The police are searching for witnesses.)

• Tò mò tìm (v): to snoop around for, to pry into.

  • Đừng tò mò tìm chuyện của người khác. (Don't pry into other people's business.)

Synonyms

• Search: to look thoroughly to find something.
• Seek: to attempt to find or obtain.
• Look for: to try to find.

Related Idioms

• Vạch lá tìm sâu: Literally "to part the leaves to look for worms"; to nitpick, to look for faults.

  • Anh ấy luôn vạch lá tìm sâu trong mọi việc. (He always nitpicks in everything.)

• Tìm sư mượn lược: Literally "to look for a monk to borrow a comb"; to do something pointless or to seek something in the wrong place.

  • Hỏi anh ta về lịch sử thì như tìm sư mượn lược. (Asking him about history is like looking for a comb from a monk.)

verb

1. to find, to look for, to seek