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探 tàn

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探 tàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tàn | tan4
English translation
to explore
to search out
to scout
to visit
to stretch forward
to find, to locate; to grope for, to search for

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About 探 tàn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

探 tàn

Contains the radical

扌 shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of 探 tàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰扌 shǒu ⿱？木 Mù

Semantic compound

扌 shǒu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 shǒu represents the meaning and 罙 mí represents the sound. Originally written as 罙 mí . The 扌 shǒu (hand) component was added later.

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Example sentences using 探 tàn

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他 tā 突然 tūrán 被 bèi 探 tàn 照 zhào 灯 dēng 照中而 ér 暴露无遗 bào lù wú yí .

He was suddenly caught in the full beam of a searchlight.

孟岗集 jí 洼陷是 shì 东 Dōng 濮 pú 凹陷 aō xiàn 内 nèi 勘探 kāntàn 程度 chéngdù 最低的 de 地区 dìqū .

Menggangji sag is a region least explored in Dongpu depression.

探险 tàn xiǎn 者 zhě 们 men 谨慎 jǐnshèn 地 de 把 bǎ 独木舟 dú mù zhōu 向 Xiàng 上游 shàngyóu 划 huá 去 qù .

The explorers paddled their canoe cautiously upstream.

孙 Sūn 排长 pái zhǎng —— 现在 xiànzài 是 shì 侦探 zhēntàn —— 伸手 shēn shǒu 按 àn 了 le 铃 líng .

Lieutenant Sun, now a detective, raised his hand and pressed the bell.

你 nǐ 知道 zhīdào 有 yǒu 多少 duōshǎo 只 zhǐ 侦探 zhēntàn 犬 quǎn 归 Guī 市政厅 shì zhèng tīng 调遣 diào qiǎn 么 má ?

Do you know how many bloodhounds are at the city's disposal?

Words with 探 tàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
探 tàn to explore探 tàn
探索 tànsuǒ to explore探索 tànsuǒ
探讨 tàntǎo to probe探討
侦探 zhēntàn detective偵探
探测 tàncè to probe探測
探长 tàn zhǎng (police) detective探長
探险 tàn xiǎn to explore探險
探望 tànwàng to visit探望 tànwàng
探测器 tàn cè qì detector探測器
试探 shì tàn to sound out試探
勘探 kāntàn to explore勘探 kāntàn
探究 tàn jiū to delve探究 tàn jiū
探访 tàn fǎng to call on探訪
探戈 tàn gē tango (dance) (loanword)探戈 tàn gē
探头 tàn tóu a probe探頭
探查 tàn chá to examine探查 tàn chá
探亲 tàn qīn to go home to visit one's family探親
密探 mì tàn secret agent密探 mì tàn
打探 dǎ tàn to scout out打探 dǎ tàn
探视 tàn shì to look inquiringly探視
探寻 tàn xún to search探尋
探明 tàn míng to ascertain探明 tàn míng
探针 tàn zhēn probe探針
窥探 kuī tàn to snoop窺探

探 tàn Decomposition & Compounds

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探 tàn Decomposition

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