查

chá

HSK 3

查 — chá

1. to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to look up (e.g. in a dictionary)

   我需要查一下火车时刻表。 wǒ xūyào chá yīxià huǒchē shíkèbiǎo — I need to check the train timetable.

查 — zhā

1. variant of 楂 [zha1] (hawthorn)

   这种小查子很酸，常用来做糖葫芦。 zhèzhǒng xiǎo chá zi hěn suān chángyòng lái zuò tánghúlú — This kind of small hawthorn is very sour and often used to make candied hawthorn.

2. surname Zha

   查先生今年五十岁。 chá xiānshēng jīnnián wǔshísuì — Mr. Zha is fifty years old this year.