Baidu
/baɪˈduː/ name, verb
name, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To search for (something) on the Internet using the Baidu search engine. transitive, uncommon
"To ground my assumption in facts, I “googled” and “baidued” the major Baidu events in 2008 and 2009."
Proper Noun
- 1 A search engine owned by the company of the same name. Internet
"Most of us spend a lot of time using search engines. And the ones we summon most often are Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft Bing, at least in the United States. If you're in China, chances are you search using Baidu."
Example
More examples"Most of us spend a lot of time using search engines. And the ones we summon most often are Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft Bing, at least in the United States. If you're in China, chances are you search using Baidu."
Etymology
From Mandarin 百度 (Bǎidù, literally “hundreds of times”).