探聽

See also: 探听

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey
trad. (探聽)		探	聽
simp. (探听)		探	听

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàntīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ ting¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thàm-thiaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tam³ tian¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàntīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tànting
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-tʻing¹
    • Yale: tàn-tīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannting
    • Palladius: таньтин (tanʹtin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam³ ting¹
    • Yale: taam tīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ ting¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam³ ting¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ tʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-thiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-thiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmtviaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰiã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰiã⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tam³ tian¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thàm thiaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰam²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰĩã³³/

Verb

探聽

1. to snoop around; to pry into; to make inquires about
2. (Teochew) to pay attention to

Synonyms

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• 偵察／侦察 (zhēnchá)
• 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
• 刺探 (cìtàn)
• 打探 (dǎtàn)
• 斥候 (chìhòu)
• 暗探 (àntàn)

 

• (to pay attention to):

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• 張視／张视 (zang¹ si⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 插潲 (Hokkien)
• 插管 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 插趖 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 搭理 (colloquial)
• 理 (lǐ)
• 理會／理会 (lǐhuì)
• 理睬 (lǐcǎi)
• 理視／理视 (ni³ si⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 理落 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 耳視／耳视 (er³ si⁴) (Sichuanese)

 

References

• “Entry #7451”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.