| 搜 | sōu | to search |
| 搜集 | sōu jí | to gather; to collect |
| 搜查 | sōu chá | to search |
| 搜索 | sōu suǒ | to search; to look for sth; to scour (search meticulously); to look sth up; internet search; database search |
| 搜刮 | sōu guā | to extort (money); to fleece |
| 搜捕 | sōu bǔ | to hunt and arrest (fugitives); to track down and arrest; a manhunt |
| 搜罗 | sōu luó | to gather; to collect; to bring together |
| 搜寻 | sōu xún | to search; to look for |
| 搜求 | sōu qiú | to seek; to look for |
| 人肉搜索 | rén ròu sōu suǒ | human flesh search; a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang); see 人肉搜索引擎 |
| 人肉搜索引擎 | rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíng | human flesh search engine; a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang) |
| 垂直搜索 | chuí zhí sōu suǒ | vertical search; semantic search; top-down search |
| 搜寻引擎 | sōu xún yǐn qíng | Internet search engine; also written 搜索引擎 |
| 搜寻软体 | sōu xún ruǎn tǐ | search software |
| 搜救 | sōu jiù | search and rescue |
| 搜救犬 | sōu jiù quǎn | search and rescue dog |
| 搜检 | sōu jiǎn | to search out; to check |
| 搜狐 | Sōu hú | Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company |
| 搜狐网 | Sōu hú wǎng | Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company |
| 搜狗 | Sōu gǒu | Sougou (searching dog) search engine, www.sogou.com |
| 搜获 | sōu huò | to find; to capture (after search); to uncover (evidence) |
| 搜索引擎 | sōu suǒ yǐn qíng | Internet search engine |
| 搜索枯肠 | sōu suǒ kū cháng | to search dry guts (idiom); to racks one's brains for a good wording (of a poet) |
| 搜肠刮肚 | sōu cháng guā dù | to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution |
| 搜证 | sōu zhèng | search warrant; to look for evidence |