偵探

See also: 探偵 and 侦探

Chinese

		to scout; to spy	to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit
trad. (偵探)		偵	探
simp. (侦探)		侦	探

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēntàn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄊㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ taam³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-tham
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-thàm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēntàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄊㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhentàn
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-tʻan⁴
  - Yale: jēn-tàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jentann
  - Palladius: чжэньтань (čžɛnʹtanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ tʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ taam³
  - Yale: jīng taam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ taam³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ tam³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰaːm³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-tham
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziin^ˊ tam
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ tam⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰam⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-thàm
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-thàm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengtaxm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰam²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ tʰam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰam²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰam¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰam²¹/

Noun

偵探

detective

Synonyms

(Hokkien, Teochew) 暗牌

Verb

偵探

to do detective work

Synonyms

偵查／侦查 (zhēnchá)

Derived terms

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