How to write 探

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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 探

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 探

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Meaning of 探

Pinyin tàn

Radical

扌

Strokes

Definition

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

Usage

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探 [tàn] 1. 寻求。 (Seek.) 2. 侦察打听。 (Scout or inquire.) 3. 做侦察工作的人。 (A person engaged in reconnaissance.) 4. 访问，看望。 (Pay a visit to.) 5. 头或上体伸出，手伸入。 (Stretch out the head or upper body, reach in with the hand.) 6. 彻底调查或考察。 (Explore thoroughly.) 7. 预先支付。 (Prepay.) 8. 侦察。 (Scout.) Additional definitions: 1. 同本义：摸取。 (The original meaning: to fish for.) 2. 探求。 (Seek.) 3. 打听。 (Ask about.) 4. 看望。 (Pay call on.) 5. 伸出。 (Stretch.) 6. 彻底调查或考察。 (Explore thoroughly.) 7. 预先支付。 (Prepay.) 8. 侦察。 (Scout.) 侦察人员 (Detective; scout.) 例: 敌探; 探子; 暗探; 探人; 探丁。 (Examples: enemy scout; informant; undercover scout; a person engaged in military reconnaissance; scout soldier.) 引自繁体辞典解释: 1. 试。 ("See good as if not enough; see bad as if touching hot water." - Analects of Confucius.) 2. 伸出。 (E.g. "leaning and peering", "reaching out the 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