探尋

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	to search; to look for; to seek
trad. (探尋)		探	尋
simp. (探寻)		探	寻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tànxún

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ cam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tànxún
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄒㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tànsyún
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-hsün²
    • Yale: tàn-syún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannshyun
    • Palladius: таньсюнь (tanʹsjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ ɕyn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam³ cam⁴
    • Yale: taam chàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ tsam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam³ cem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ t͡sʰɐm²¹/

Verb

探尋

1. to prospect for; to search for

Synonyms

• 尋找／寻找 (xúnzhǎo)
• 尋查／寻查 (xúnchá)
• 尋索／寻索 (xúnsuǒ)
• 尋覓／寻觅 (xúnmì)
• 找 (zhǎo)
• 找尋／找寻 (zhǎoxún)
• 抄身 (chāoshēn) (to frisk)
• 探索 (tànsuǒ) (literary, in order to find evidence)
• 搜 (sōu)
• 搜尋／搜寻 (sōuxún)
• 搜查 (sōuchá) (in order to find evidence)
• 搜索 (sōusuǒ)
• 搜身 (sōushēn) (to frisk)
• 搵／揾
• 摸索 (mōsuǒ)
• 查尋／查寻 (cháxún)
• 查找 (cházhǎo)
• 檢索／检索 (jiǎnsuǒ) (to look up)
• 緝查／缉查 (jīchá) (in order to find evidence)
• 追尋／追寻 (zhuīxún)
• 追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)

 

Related terms

• 檢查／检查 (jiǎnchá)
• 探查 (tànchá)