偵查

See also: 侦查

Chinese

		to scout; to spy	to research; to check; to investigate to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to search
trad. (偵查)		偵	查
simp. (侦查)		侦	查

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēnchá

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄔㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ caa⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): cheng-chha / cheng-cha / cheng-châ / cheng-chhêe

(Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹ cê⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnchá
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄔㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhenchá
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-chʻa²
  - Yale: jēn-chá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenchar
  - Palladius: чжэньча (čžɛnʹča)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ caa⁴
  - Yale: jīng chàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ tsaa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ ca⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chha
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-tsha
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengzhaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ t͡sʰa³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-cha
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-tsa
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengzaf
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sa⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-châ
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-tsâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengzaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sa²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chhêe
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-tshêe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɛ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zêng¹ cê⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng tshê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰe⁵⁵/

Verb

偵查

to investigate a crime

Synonyms

偵探／侦探 (zhēntàn)

Derived terms

刑偵／刑侦 (xíngzhēn)