侦 (偵) zhēn

1. zhēn verb to scout; to spy; to detect; to investigate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 侦查 (CC-CEDICT '偵'; Guoyu '偵'; Kroll 2015 '偵', p. 598; Mathews 1931 '偵', p. 42; Unihan '偵'; XHZD '侦', p. 966)
2. zhēn noun a scout; a detective
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '偵', p. 42; Unihan '偵')

Contained in

• 侦察性(偵察性) investigatory nature
• 侦破(偵破) to investigate (as detective); to solve (crime); to uncover (a plot); to sniff out; to break in and analyze; detective work; to scout
• 侦察机(偵察機) surveillance aircraft; spy plane
• 侦测器(偵測器) detector
• 侦获(偵獲) to sieze [a person]
• 侦察兵(偵察兵) a scout; spy
• 侦知(偵知) to find out by spying
• 刑侦(刑偵) criminal investigation
• 气溶胶侦察仪(氣溶膠偵察儀) aerosol detector
• 侦毒器(偵毒器) detection unit
• 侦讯(偵訊) to interrogate during investigation
• 辐射侦察(輻射偵察) radiation detection
• 侦察员(偵察員) detective; investigator; scout; spy
• 侦办(偵辦) to investigate (a crime) and prosecute
• 侦探小说(偵探小說) a crime novel
• 侦查(偵查) to detect; to secretly investigate
• 侦听(偵聽) to eavesdrop; to tap (telephone conversations); to intercept and investigate
• 立案侦查(立案偵查) to file for investigation; to prosecute (a case)
• 侦探(偵探) a detective
• 侦测(偵測) to detect; to sense
• 侦察(偵察) to spy; to secretly investigate ; a detective; a scout
• 侦毒管(偵毒管) detector tube
• 特侦组(特偵組) special investigation team
• 侦何(偵何) a detective; a spy
• 侦缉(偵緝) to track down; to investigate and arrest
• 侦访(偵訪) inquire about
• 经侦(經偵) economic crime investigation
• 侦拏(偵拏) to sieze [a person]
• 侦缉队(偵緝隊) investigation team
• 侦骑(偵騎) a horse mounted scout

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Collocations

• 侦候 (偵候) 延遂止罷侦候戍卒 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十六 循吏列傳 Volume 76: Biographies of Upright Officials — count: 34
• 侦逻 (偵邏) 而耳目偵邏不設 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷七 魏書七 呂布臧洪傳 Volume 7: Book of Wei 7 - Biographies of Lü Bu and Zang Hong — count: 13
• 侦伺 (偵伺) 內使御者偵伺得失 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十五 章帝八王傳 Volume 55: Biographies of Eight Princes of Emperor Zhang — count: 9
• 侦视 (偵視) 先令輕騎偵視之 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷九十 烏桓鮮卑列傳 Volume 90: Treatise on the Wuhuan, Xianbei — count: 9
• 侦人 (偵人) 與周該俱為魏乂偵人所執 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十九 列傳第五十九 忠義 Volume 89 Biographies 59: Loyalty and Righteousness — count: 5
• 人侦 (人偵) 昱使人偵視度 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十四 魏書十四 程郭董劉蔣劉傳 Volume 14: Book of Wei 14 - Biographies of Cheng, Dong, Guo, Liu, Jiang, and Liu — count: 5
• 遣侦 (遣偵) 遠遣偵候 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十六 魏書二十六 滿田牽郭傳 Volume 26: Book of Wei 26 - Biographies of Man, Tian, Qian, and Guo — count: 3
• 遣人侦 (遣人偵) 遣人偵之 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百八十二 列傳第一百三十二: 王重榮 王處存 諸葛爽 高駢 時溥 朱瑄 Volume 182 Biographies 132: Wang Zhongrong, Wang Chucun, Zhu Geshuang, Gao Pian, Shi Pu, Zhu Xuan — count: 3
• 往侦 (往偵) 安都幢主周文恭晨往偵候 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷八十八 列傳第四十八 薛安都 沈文秀 崔道固 Volume 88 Biographies 48: Xue Andou, Shen Wenxiu, Cui Daogu — count: 3
• 侦事 (偵事) 憲誠使大將至京師偵事 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷二百一十 列傳第一百三十五 藩鎮魏博 Volume 210 Biographies 135: Buffer Region Weibo — count: 2