<p>Ok, I believe these are the colloquial expressions that you are looking for:</p>

<ol>
<li>我找了一找才找到。</li>
<li>我找了半天才找到。</li>
<li>我找了好久才找到。</li>
</ol>

<p>The key word is 才, which is the closest to the English words "until" / "till". </p>

<p>No. 1 is perhaps the best match. "找了一找" simply means "looked for" or "searched", without any indication of time frame.</p>

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YCode
<p>You should use &quot;直到 [...為止]&quot;</p>
<blockquote>
<p>我一直找，直到找到它為止。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>It's still correct if you omit 為止, but in this case keeping it sounds more natural to me.</p>
<p>&quot;直到&quot; has two meanings, one of which is slightly different from &quot;until&quot;:</p>
<p><strong>1. something is true before the time point, but false after it.</strong></p>
<p>&quot;Until&quot; is this meaning. For example,</p>
<blockquote>
<p>It's not available until tomorrow. 直到明天才有/能提供</p>
<p>I didn’t know this matter until now. 直到現在我才知道這件事</p>
</blockquote>
<p>It's implied that it will be available tomorrow or after tomorrow and I know this matter now.</p>
<p><strong>2. something is true before the time point, and could be also true after it.</strong></p>
<p>For the second meaning:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Up to now I still remember this matter. 直到現在我仍然記得這件事</p>
</blockquote>

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<p>How do I say “I looked for it until I found it“ or “I looked for (something) until I found it” what is the word that i use for “until”?</p>

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我一直找，找到为止。BTW, isn't this something google can help with?
Toosky Hierot
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%82%BA%E6%AD%A2
dROOOze
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Google: until --> 直到 or 直至
Tang Ho
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submit "look until find" to online dictionaries,e.g. iciba: 寻找直到找到 Search until you find it. 继续寻找直到你找到它 Keep looking until you find it, google translate:我找到它“直到”我发现它。seems acceptable although repeated (even single) use of 它 seems uncharacteristic of Chinese (cf. 1st example from iciba)
user6065
<translation><word-choice><word>
I looked for it “until” I found it
# I looked for it “until” I found it

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-25)

How do I say “I looked for it until I found it“ or “I looked for (something) until I found it” what is the word that i use for “until”?

**Tags:** translation, word-choice, word

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 我一直找，找到为止。BTW, isn't this something google can help with?  
> **username_2**: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%82%BA%E6%AD%A2  
> **username_3**: Google: until --> 直到 or 直至  
> **username_4**: submit "look until find" to online dictionaries,e.g. iciba: 寻找直到找到 Search until you find it. 继续寻找直到你找到它 Keep looking until you find it, google translate:我找到它“直到”我发现它。seems acceptable although repeated (even single) use of 它 seems uncharacteristic of Chinese (cf. 1st example from iciba)  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2019-02-14. Score: 1

Ok, I believe these are the colloquial expressions that you are looking for:

1. 我找了一找才找到。
2. 我找了半天才找到。
3. 我找了好久才找到。

The key word is 才, which is the closest to the English words "until" / "till".

No. 1 is perhaps the best match. "找了一找" simply means "looked for" or "searched", without any indication of time frame.


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### Answer by username_6 on 2019-01-02. Score: 0

You should use "直到 [...為止]"

> 我一直找，直到找到它為止。

It's still correct if you omit 為止, but in this case keeping it sounds more natural to me.

"直到" has two meanings, one of which is slightly different from "until":

**1. something is true before the time point, but false after it.**

"Until" is this meaning. For example,

> It's not available until tomorrow. 直到明天才有/能提供
>
> I didn’t know this matter until now. 直到現在我才知道這件事

It's implied that it will be available tomorrow or after tomorrow and I know this matter now.

**2. something is true before the time point, and could be also true after it.**

For the second meaning:

> Up to now I still remember this matter. 直到現在我仍然記得這件事


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