試探

Chinese

		to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test	to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit
trad. (試探)		試	探
simp. (试探)		试	探

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìtàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ taam³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-thàm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìtàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhtàn
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tʻan⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtann
    • Palladius: шитань (šitanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ taam³
    • Yale: si taam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ taam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ tam³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ tʰaːm³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-thàm
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-thàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'taxm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ tʰam²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ tʰam²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰam¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰam²¹/

Verb

試探

1. to prove or explore a question

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìtan, shìtàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ˙ㄊㄢ, ㄕˋ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ taam³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìtan
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ˙ㄊㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhtån
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tʻan⁵
    • Yale: shr̀-tan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh.tan
    • Palladius: шитань (šitanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰän¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìtàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhtàn
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tʻan⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtann
    • Palladius: шитань (šitanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ taam³
    • Yale: si taam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ taam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ tam³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ tʰaːm³³/

Verb

試探

1. to sound out; to feel out