扫描 (sǎo miáo): to scan

The doctor put the film on the machine to scan it, wanting to see whether the bone was cracked.

Before entering the library, you have to scan the barcode on your student ID; only then will the gate open.

This supermarket has added self-checkout counters; customers can pay by scanning the barcodes on the products themselves.

The police pulled up the surveillance footage and scanned the images frame by frame, finally finding the suspect's figure.

He scanned the old photos into electronic files and saved them on his computer, so they wouldn't be lost.