探 tàn

1. tàn verb to visit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 看望; for example, 探亲 'to visit family' (Guoyu '探' v 5)
2. tàn verb to seek; to find; to search; to grope for
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 寻求; for example, 探路 'find the path' (Guoyu '探' v 1; Unihan '探')
3. tàn verb to study; to examine
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 推究 (Guoyu '探' v 2)
4. tàn verb to inquire
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 打听 (Guoyu '探' v 3)
5. tàn noun a detective; an agent; an investigator
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 侦探 'detective' (Guoyu '探' n)
6. tān verb to try
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 试 (Guoyu '探' tān v 1)
7. tān verb to stretch forward
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 伸出 (Guoyu '探' tān v 2)

Contained in

• 探取 an overdraft ; to explore; to probe
• 刺探 to pry into; to spy on; to probe into
• 探口风(探口風) to sound out opinions; to get somebody's views by polite or indirect questioning
• 探赜索隐(探賾索隱) to search for hidden mysteries
• 探访(探訪) to call on; to visit ; to seek by inquiry or search; to search
• 探矿(探礦) to prospect; to dig for coal or minerals
• 探赜(探賾) to search for the mysterious
• 探寻(探尋) to search; to seek; to explore
• 钻探(鑽探) to drill
• 探骑(探騎) a horse mounted scout
• 探望 to visit; to call on
• 窥探(窺探) to pry into or spy on; to snoop; to peep; to poke one's nose into; to peer; to get a glimpse of
• 探头探脑儿(探頭探腦兒) to ake a quick look around
• 探针(探針) probe
• 坐探 inside informer; mole; plant
• 空间探测(空間探測) space probe
• 探视权(探視權) visitation rights
• 探险家(探險家) explorer
• 探测器(探測器) detector; probe; craft
• 探问(探問) to inquire into; to ask after
• 探奥索隐(探奧索隱) to search for hidden mysteries
• 查探 to check; to investigate; to probe
• 伺探 to spy on
• 探口气(探口氣) to sound out opinions; to get somebody's views by polite or indirect questioning
• 探矿者(探礦者) prospector; person exploring for minerals
• 巴头探脑(巴頭探腦) to poke one's head in and pry; to spy; nosy
• 探身 to lean forward; to lean out (of a window, door etc)
• 探赜索微(探賾索微) to search for hidden mysteries
• 钻探机(鑽探機) drilling machine
• 探头探脑(探頭探腦) take a quick look around
• 试探(試探) to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out
• 暗探 a detective ; to spy
• 探风(探風) to make inquiries about somebody or something; to fish for information
• 密探 secret agent; detective; covert investigator
• 侦探小说(偵探小說) a crime novel
• 勘探 to explore
• 探骊得珠(探驪得珠) to pluck a pearl from the black dragon; to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)
• 探友 to visit a friend
• 探知 to find out; to ascertain; to get an idea of
• 探幽穷赜(探幽窮賾) to search for hidden mysteries
• 探索时代(探索時代) Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
• 探奇 to seek unusual scenery or places
• 探测字(探測字) probe (character)
• 探秘(探祕) to explore a mystery; to probe the unknown
• 神探 master sleuth /miraculous detective
• 妙探寻凶(妙探尋兇) Cluedo (board game)
• 探险者(探險者) an explorer
• 探看 to visit; to go to see what's going on

Also contained in

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Truncated for common words

• 第二回 Chapter 55 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 40
• 第二回 Chapter 62 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 36
• 第二回 Chapter 56 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 24
• 第二回 Chapter 74 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 23
• 第二回 Chapter 73 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 23
• 第二回 Chapter 37 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 19
• 第二回 Chapter 83 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 18
• 第二回 Chapter 27 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 14
• 第二回 Chapter 70 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 14
• 第二回 Chapter 75 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 13

Collocations

• 探汤 (探湯) 見不善如探湯 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 16. 《季氏》 Ji Shi — count: 9
• 探爵 (探爵) 景公探爵鷇 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷五 貴德 Chapter 5: Valuing Virtue — count: 5
• 探策 (探策) 如博士探策講試以求爵位邪 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十二 蜀書十二　　杜周杜許孟來尹李譙郤傳 Volume 42: Book of Shu 12 - Biographies of Du, Zhou, Du, Xu, Meng, Lai, Yin, Li, Qiao, and Xi — count: 4
• 人探 (人探) 使人探之 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十二下 方術列傳 Volume 82b: Biographies of Alchemists 2 — count: 3
• 探筹 (探籌) 探籌 — Xunzi 荀子, 君道篇第十二 Chapter 12: The Way of the Sovereign — count: 3
• 欲探 (欲探) 議欲探籌 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十四 鄧張徐張胡列傳 Volume 44: Biographies of Deng, Zhang, Xu, Zhang, Hu — count: 3
• 探幽 (探幽) 陛下探幽析微 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十六 郭陳列傳 Volume 46: Biographies of Guo, Chen — count: 3
• 探祸福 (探禍福) 探禍福之機 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷一百上 敍傳 Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 — count: 2
• 探微 (探微) 若夫疏風氣而探微候 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans — count: 2
• 探虎口 (探虎口) 此所謂探虎口者也 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《酈生陸賈列傳》 Biographies of Li Yiji and Lu Gu — count: 2