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

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

Also contained in

美国国家侦察局 、 国侦局

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷五十七 Scroll 57 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
• 卷二百十一 列傳第九十九 馬永 梁震 王效 周尚文 馬芳 何卿 沈希儀 石邦憲 Volume 211 Biographies 99: Ma Yong, Liang Zhen, Wang Xiao, Zhou Shangwen, Ma Fang, He Qing, Shen Xiyi, Shi Bangxian History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
• 卷九十 烏桓鮮卑列傳 Volume 90: Treatise on the Wuhuan, Xianbei Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 3
• 卷五十五 章帝八王傳 Volume 55: Biographies of Eight Princes of Emperor Zhang Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 3
• 卷二百七十六 列傳第三十五 劉保勳 滕中正 劉蟠 孔承恭 宋璫 袁廓 樊知古 郭載 臧丙 徐休復 張觀 陳從信 張平 王繼昇 尹憲 王賓 安忠 Volume 276 Biographies 35: Liu Baoxun, Teng Zhongzheng, Liu Pan, Kong Chenggong, Song Dang, Yuan Kuo, Fan Zhigu, Guo Zai, Zang Bing, Xu Xiufu, Zhang Guan, Chen Congxin, Zhang Ping, Wang Jisheng, Yin Xian, Wang Bin, An Zhong History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
• 卷三百〇四 列傳第一百九十二 宦官一 鄭和 金英 王振 曹吉祥 懷恩 汪直 梁芳 何鼎 李廣 蔣琮 劉瑾 張永 谷大用 Volume 304 Biographies 192: Officials 1 - Zheng He, Jin Ying, Wang Zhen, Cao Jixiang, Huai En, Wang Zhi, Liang Fang, He Ding, Li Guang, Jiang Cong, Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong History of Ming 明史 — count: 3
• 卷二百五十三 列傳第一百四十一 王應熊 張至發 薛國觀 程國祥 陳演 魏藻德 Volume 253 Biographies 141: Wang Yingxiong, Zhang Zhifa, Xue Guoguan, Cheng Guoxiang, Chen Yan, Wei Zaode History of Ming 明史 — count: 2
• 卷三百二十二 列傳第二百一十 外國三 日本 Volume 322 Biographies 210: Foreign States 3 - Japan History of Ming 明史 — count: 2
• 卷二十　趙三 Chapter 20: Zhao III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 2
• 卷一百六十六 列傳第五十四 韓觀 山雲 蕭授 方瑛 李震 王信 彭倫 歐磐 張祐 Volume 166 Biographies 54: Han Guan, Shan Yun, Xiao Shou, Fang Ying, Li Zhen, Wang Xin, Peng Lun, Ōu Pan, Zhang You History of Ming 明史 — count: 2

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 侦朝廷 (偵朝廷) 偵朝廷事 — History of Song 宋史, 卷二百七十六 列傳第三十五 劉保勳 滕中正 劉蟠 孔承恭 宋璫 袁廓 樊知古 郭載 臧丙 徐休復 張觀 陳從信 張平 王繼昇 尹憲 王賓 安忠 Volume 276 Biographies 35: Liu Baoxun, Teng Zhongzheng, Liu Pan, Kong Chenggong, Song Dang, Yuan Kuo, Fan Zhigu, Guo Zai, Zang Bing, Xu Xiufu, Zhang Guan, Chen Congxin, Zhang Ping, Wang Jisheng, Yin Xian, Wang Bin, An Zhong — count: 2