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Information of 探

Pinyin tàn

Radical

扌

Strokes

11 strokes

Usage

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Definition

to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit

探 [tàn] 1. 寻求。 (English: Seek) 例: 探求，探讨，探索。 (Examples: seek, discuss, explore) 2. 侦察打听。 (English: Scout, inquire) 例: 探问，探听，探询。 (Examples: ask about, listen for, inquire) 3. 做侦察工作的人。 (English: Scout, detective) 例: 探马，敌探，密探。 (Examples: scout cavalry, enemy scout, undercover agent) 4. 访问，看望。 (English: Pay a call on, visit) 例: 探望，探亲，探监。 (Examples: visit, visit relatives, visit a prisoner) 5. 头或上体伸出，手伸入。 (English: Stretch head or upper body, reach in hand) 例: 探身，探头，探脑，探囊取物。 (Examples: stretch one's body, stretch one's head, reach in a bag) 6. 彻底调查或考察。 (English: Explore) 例: 探穴，探路，探研。 (Examples: explore a hole, scout a route, research) 7. 预先支付。 (English: Prepay) 例: 探支，探借。 (Examples: advance payment, pre-borrow) 8. 侦察。 (English: Scout) 例: 探细，探刺，探伺。 (Examples: scout, secret reconnaissance, watch) 名词：侦察人员 (English: detective; scout) 例: 敌探，探子，暗探。 (Examples: enemy scout, informant, undercover agent) 引自繁体辞典解释动词： 1. 试 (English: test). 例: 见不善如探汤。 (Example: Seeing bad deeds is like feeling hot water.) 2. 伸出 (English: stretch). 例: 探头探脑，探手出去。 (Examples: stretch one's head and neck, reach out a hand.)

探听 tàn tīng

to make inquiries / to try to find out / to pry

哨探 shào tàn

Sentinel

勘探者 kān tàn zhě

prospector

勘探队 kān tàn duì

research party / prospecting team

探寻 tàn xún

to search / to seek / to explore

探索 tàn suǒ

to explore / to probe

探明 tàn míng

to ascertain / to verify

探讨 tàn tǎo

to investigate / to probe

探测 tàn cè

to probe / to take readings / to explore / exploration

探花 tàn huā

candidate who came third in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]

探险 tàn xiǎn

to explore / to go on an expedition / adventure

试探 shì tàn

to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out

探测器 tàn cè qì

detector / probe / craft

探头 tàn tóu

to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit

探望 tàn wàng

to visit / to call on sb / to look around

探究 tàn jiū

to investigate / to delve / to probe / to enquire into / to look into

打探 dǎ tàn

to make discreet inquiries / to scout out

探亲 tàn qīn

to go home to visit one's family

探险家 tàn xiǎn jiā

explorer

探视 tàn shì

to visit (a patient, prisoner etc) / to look inquiringly

窥探 kuī tàn

to pry into or spy on / to snoop / to peep / to poke one's nose into / to peer / to get a glimpse of

探访 tàn fǎng

to seek by inquiry or search / to call on / to visit

勘探 kān tàn

to explore / to survey / to prospect (for oil etc) / prospecting

侦探 zhēn tàn

detective / to do detective work

侦探小说 zhēn tàn xiǎo shuō

detective novel / detective fiction

侦探片 zhēn tàn piàn

detective film

探询 tàn xún

to inquire into / to ask after

钻探 zuān tàn

drilling