Usage of the character 索

surname Suo
abbr. for 索馬里／索马里 ( Suomǎli), Somalia

suǒ

索

[索]

to search
to demand
to ask
to exact
large rope
isolated

Bǐsuǒ

比索

[比索]

(Tw) Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau

zhuīsuǒ

追索

[追索]

to demand payment
to extort
to trace
to seek
to pursue
to explore

Suǒxiàn

索县

[索縣]

Sog county, Tibetan: Sog rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區／那曲地区 ( Nàqǔdìqū), central Tibet

suǒmìng

索命

[索命]

to demand sb's life

Suǒ Guó

索国

[索國]

Solomon Islands

suǒxiè

索谢

[索謝]

(old) to ask for recompense (for personal services rendered)

tàosuǒ

套索

[套索]

a lasso
noose

qiúsuǒ

求索

[求索]

to search for sth
to seek
to quest
to explore

xiànsuǒ

线索

[線索]

trail
clues
thread (of a story)

suǒsuǒ

索索

[索索]

trembling

jǐsuǒ

脊索

[脊索]

notochord (anatomy)

sèsuǒ

瑟索

[瑟索]

to shiver
to tremble

suǒdài

索带

[索帶]

cable tie
plastic strap

sōusuǒ

搜索

[搜索]

to search (a place)
to search (a database)
to search for (sth)

Suǒní

索尼

[索尼]

Sony

Suǒ'ěr

索尔

[索爾]

Thor (Norse god of thunder)

suǒrán

索然

[索然]

dull
dry

suǒqǔ

索取

[索取]

to ask
to demand

Luósuǒ

罗索

[羅索]

Roseau, capital of Dominica

liūsuǒ

溜索

[溜索]

zip line

huásuǒ

滑索

[滑索]

zip line

mōsuo

摸索

[摸索]

to feel about
to grope about
to fumble
to do things slowly

suǒhuì

索贿

[索賄]

to exact bribes
to solicit bribes
to demand bribes
to extort

tuīsuǒ

推索

[推索]

to inquire into
to ascertain

Suǒpǔ

索普

[索普]

Thorpe (name)

suǒyào

索要

[索要]

to ask for
to request
to demand

lèsuǒ

勒索

[勒索]

to blackmail
to extort

tànsuǒ

探索

[探索]

to explore; to probe

fēisuǒ

飞索

[飛索]

zip line

Násuǒ

拿索

[拿索]

Nassau, capital of The Bahamas (Tw)

pīsuǒ

披索

[披索]

(Tw) (loanword) peso (monetary unit)

lìsuo

利索

[利索]

nimble

zǒusuǒ

走索

[走索]

tightrope walking

shéngsuǒ

绳索

[繩索]

rope

suǒjià

索价

[索價]

to ask a price
to charge
asking price

suǒjiě

索解

[索解]

to seek an answer
to look for an explanation
to explain
explanation

sīsuǒ

思索

[思索]

to think deeply
to ponder

bǐsuǒ

比索

[比索]

(loanword) peso (monetary unit)

lísuǒ

离索

[離索]

(literary) desolate and lonely

xiāosuǒ

萧索

[蕭索]

bleak
desolate
melancholy

zhóusuǒ

轴索

[軸索]

axon (long thin axis of nerve cell)

suǒpéi

索赔

[索賠]

to ask for compensation
to claim damages
claim for damages

jiǎnsuǒ

检索

[檢索]

to retrieve (data)
to look up
retrieval
search

suǒdào

索道

[索道]

ropeway

diàosuǒ

吊索

[吊索]

sling; hoisting rope
suspension cable

Suǒqì

索契

[索契]

Sochi (city on the Black Sea in Russia)

suǒxìng

索性

[索性]

you might as well (do it)
simply
just

Yīsuǒ

伊索

[伊索]

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

jīngsuǒ

精索

[精索]

spermatic cord (anatomy)

jiǎosuǒ

绞索

[絞索]

a noose for hanging criminals

lǎnsuǒ

缆索

[纜索]

cable
hawser
mooring rope

suǒyǐn

索引

[索引]

index

suǒtǎo

索讨

[索討]

to demand; to ask for

suǒqiú

索求

[索求]

to seek
to demand

wánsuǒ

玩索

[玩索]

to search for subtle traces
to ponder

Suǒfēiyà

索菲亚

[索菲亞]

Sofia (capital of Bulgaria)

Suǒjiénà

索杰纳

[索傑納]

Sojourner (Martian land rover)

shéngsuǒtào

绳索套

[繩索套]

a noose

dǎohuǒsuǒ

导火索

[導火索]

fuse (for explosive)

Suǒduōmǎ

索多玛

[索多瑪]

Sodom

shénjīngsuǒ

神经索

[神經索]

nerve cord

suǒmǎtián

索马甜

[索馬甜]

(loanword) thaumatin

Kēsuǒwò

科索沃

[科索沃]

Kosovo

Suǒlǐyà

索里亚

[索里亞]

Soria, Spain

Suǒmǎlì

索马利

[索馬利]

variant of 索馬里／索马里 ( Suǒmǎlǐ)

tànsuǒxìng

探索性

[探索性]

exploratory

shēngsuǒguó

声索国

[聲索國]

claimant country (in a territorial dispute)

sōusuǒduì

搜索队

[搜索隊]

search party

Lúkèsuǒ

卢克索

[盧克索]

Luxor, city in Egypt

Jiāsuǒ'ěr

加索尔

[加索爾]

Gasol (name)
Pau Gasol (1980-), former Spanish professional basketball player (NBA)
Marc Gasol (1985-), Spanish professional basketball player

Suǒfēiyà

索非亚

[索非亞]

Sofia, capital of Bulgaria

Gāojiāsuǒ

高加索

[高加索]

Caucasus
Caucasian

Suǒmǎlǐ

索马里

[索馬里]

Somalia

Suǒluósī

索罗斯

[索羅斯]

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

Kùlāsuǒ

库拉索

[庫拉索]

Curaçao

lèsuǒzuì

勒索罪

[勒索罪]

blackmail

tóusuǒlèi

头索类

[頭索類]

lancelet (Branchiostoma)

Bìjiāsuǒ

毕加索

[畢加索]

Picasso

Suǒmǎlǐ

索马里

[索馬裡]

variant of 索馬里／索马里 ( Suǒmǎlǐ)
Somalia

sōusuǒshù

搜索树

[搜索樹]

search tree (computing)

Suǒxù'ěr

索绪尔

[索緒爾]

Saussure (name)

Suǒluómén

索罗门

[索羅門]

Solomon (name)
Solomon (Islands)

Láisuǒtuō

莱索托

[萊索托]

Lesotho

xuánsuǒqiáo

悬索桥

[懸索橋]

suspension bridge

sōusuǒpiào

搜索票

[搜索票]

search warrant (Tw)

Bìkǎsuǒ

毕卡索

[畢卡索]

Picasso (Tw)

Làisuǒtuō

赖索托

[賴索托]

Lesotho (Tw)

jǐsuǒdòngwù

脊索动物

[脊索動物]

chordata

Yīsuǒbǐyà

衣索比亚

[衣索比亞]

Ethiopia (Tw)

sānsuǒjǐnshé

三索锦蛇

[三索錦蛇]

copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake

gāncuìlìsuo

干脆利索

[乾脆利索]

see 乾脆利落／干脆利落 (gāncuìlìluo)

qiāozhàlèsuǒ

敲诈勒索

[敲詐勒索]

extortion and blackmail (idiom)

Suǒbāng Dàxué

索邦大学

[索邦大學]

Université Paris IV
the Sorbonne

Nán Gāojiāsuǒ

南高加索

[南高加索]

Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus

xīxīsuǒsuǒ

悉悉索索

[悉悉索索]

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

rénròusōusuǒ

人肉搜索

[人肉搜索]

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

jiàkōngsuǒdào

架空索道

[架空索道]

aerial ropeway
cable car

yìxìngsuǒrán

意兴索然

[意興索然]

to have no interest in sth

bùjiǎsīsuǒ

不假思索

[不假思索]

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

bùjiāsīsuǒ

不加思索

[不加思索]

see 不假思索 (bùjiǎsīsuǒ)

tuōqiānsuǒdào

拖牵索道

[拖牽索道]

anchor lift (ski-lift)

suǒránguǎwèi

索然寡味

[索然寡味]

dull and insipid

Wài Gāojiāsuǒ

外高加索

[外高加索]

Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus

longitudinal nerve cord

Yǎmùsuǒgē

雅穆索戈

[雅穆索戈]

Yamoussoukro, capital of Ivory Coast (Tw)

sōusuǒkūcháng

搜索枯肠

[搜索枯腸]

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

sōusuǒyǐnqíng

搜索引擎

[搜索引擎]

search engine

Bùlāsuǒfū

布拉索夫

[布拉索夫]

Braşov, Romania

Shèngsuǒfēiyà

圣索非亚

[聖索非亞]

Hagia Sophia (Greek: Holy wisdom)

àntúsuǒjì

按图索骥

[按圖索驥]

lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)
fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines
to try and find sth with the help of a clue

lǎnsuǒdiàoyǐ

缆索吊椅

[纜索吊椅]

ski-lift

míngsīkǔsuǒ

冥思苦索

[冥思苦索]

to mull over (idiom)
to think long and hard

Kěnpǔsuǒ'ēn

肯普索恩

[肯普索恩]

(Dirk) Kempthorne (US Senator from Idaho)

Lìmǎsuǒ'ěr

利马索尔

[利馬索爾]

Limassol, Cyprus
Lemesos

suǒránwúwèi

索然无味

[索然無味]

dull
insipid

Suǒmǎlìyà

索马利亚

[索馬利亞]

Somalia (Tw)

Aī'ěrpàsuǒ

埃尔帕索

[埃爾帕索]

El Paso (Texas)

huáxuěsuǒdào

滑雪索道

[滑雪索道]

ski-lift

lèsuǒruǎnjiàn

勒索软件

[勒索軟件]

ransomware (computing)

zǎogòusuǒcī

澡垢索疵

[澡垢索疵]

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

Suǒmǎlǐyà

索马里亚

[索馬里亞]

variant of 索馬利亞／索马利亚 ( Suǒmǎlìyà)

fèirénsīsuǒ

费人思索

[費人思索]

to think oneself to exhaustion (idiom)

quánwénjiǎnsuǒ

全文检索

[全文檢索]

full text search

tàikōngtànsuǒ

太空探索

[太空探索]

space exploration

Mòsuǒlǐní

墨索里尼

[墨索里尼]

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

Bùjīnà Fǎsuǒ

布基纳法索

[布基納法索]

Burkina Faso

Luóméngnuòsuǒfū

罗蒙诺索夫

[羅蒙諾索夫]

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

Luómónuòsuǒfū

罗摩诺索夫

[羅摩諾索夫]

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

Suǒfúkèlèsī

索福克勒斯

[索福克勒斯]

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

Yīsuǒbǐyàjiè

衣索比亚界

[衣索比亞界]

(Tw) Ethiopian Zone, aka Afrotropical realm

Suǒfúkèlǐsī

索福克里斯

[索福克里斯]

Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek playwright

Mǎtuōgé Luósuǒ

马托格罗索

[馬託格羅索]

Mato Grosso, western province of Brazil

Dí'énísuǒsī

狄俄倪索斯

[狄俄倪索斯]

Dionysus, the god of wine in Greek mythology

Jīnèiyà Bǐsuǒ

几内亚比索

[幾內亞比索]

Guinea-Bissau (Tw)

jǐsuǒdòngwùmén

脊索动物门

[脊索動物門]

Chordata, phylum containing vertebrates

Gāojiāsuǒ Shānmài

高加索山脉

[高加索山脈]

Caucasus Mountains

Bùjínà Fǎsuǒ

布吉纳法索

[布吉納法索]

Burkina Faso (Tw)

Dānnísuǒwǎrén

丹尼索瓦人

[丹尼索瓦人]

Denisovan, an extinct species of human

Suǒ'ěrrénníqín

索尔仁尼琴

[索爾仁尼琴]

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

Mùsuǒ'ěrsījī

穆索尔斯基

[穆索爾斯基]

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

Qiáozhì· Suǒluósī

乔治·索罗斯

[喬治·索羅斯]

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

Měisuǒbùdámǐyà

美索不达米亚

[美索不達米亞]

Mesopotamia

rénròusōusuǒyǐnqíng

人肉搜索引擎

[人肉搜索引擎]

human flesh search engine
a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang)

jīngsuǒjìngmàiqūzhāng

精索静脉曲张

[精索靜脈曲張]

varicocele (medicine)

Luómónuòsuǒfūshānjǐ

罗摩诺索夫山脊

[羅摩諾索夫山脊]

Lomonosov ridge (in the Artic Ocean)

Suǒ'ěrzībólǐshíhuán

索尔兹伯里石环

[索爾茲伯里石環]

Stonehenge
Salisbury stone circle

Tāngmǔ Suǒyà Lìxiǎn Jì

汤姆索亚历险记

[湯姆索亞歷險記]

Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Suǒduōmǎyǔ Hāmólà

索多玛与哈摩辣

[索多瑪與哈摩辣]

Sodom and Gomorrah

Suǒ'ěrzībólǐpíngyuán

索尔兹伯里平原

[索爾茲伯里平原]

Salisbury plain

Shèngsuǒfēiyà Dàjiàotáng

圣索非亚大教堂

[聖索非亞大教堂]

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

Tāngmǔ· Suǒyà Lìxiǎn Jì

汤姆·索亚历险记

[湯姆·索亞歷險記]

Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫／马克·吐温 ( Mǎkè· Tǔwēn)

Fúlǎngsuǒwǎ· Huòlándé

弗朗索瓦·霍兰德

[弗朗索瓦·霍蘭德]

François Hollande (1954-), French Socialist politician, president of France 2012-2017
also written 奧朗德／奥朗德 ( Aòlǎngdé)