探親

See also: 探亲

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (探親)		探	親
simp. (探亲)		探	亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tànqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ can¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thàm-chhin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tam³ cing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tànqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàncin
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-chʻin¹
    • Yale: tàn-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannchin
    • Palladius: таньцинь (tanʹcinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam³ can¹
    • Yale: taam chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam³ cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmchyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tam³ cing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thàm tshing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰam²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiŋ³³/

Verb

探親

1. to visit one's relatives or spouse (especially by travelling a long distance)

Synonyms

• 上門／上门 (shàngmén)
• 串 (literary, or in compounds)
• 串門／串门 (chuànmén) (colloquial)
• 串門子／串门子 (chuàn ménzi) (colloquial)
• 參訪／参访 (cānfǎng) (formal)
• 坐人家 (zo⁵ ren² ga) (Xiang)
• 坐尞 (Hakka)
• 拜望 (bàiwàng) (polite)
• 拜訪／拜访 (bàifǎng) (polite)
• 探問／探问 (tànwèn)
• 探望 (tànwàng)
• 探視／探视 (tànshì)
• 探訪／探访 (tànfǎng)
• 登門／登门 (dēngmén)
• 看望 (kànwàng)
• 省親／省亲 (xǐngqīn) (literary, to visit one's parents or elders)
• 瞧 (qiáo) (colloquial)
• 訪問／访问 (fǎngwèn)
• 走訪／走访 (zǒufǎng)
• 造訪／造访 (zàofǎng)
• 過／过