探問

探問

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	to ask
trad. (探問)		探	問
simp. (探问)		探	问

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tànwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ man⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): thàm-būn / thàm-mn̄g / thàm-mūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tànwèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tànwùn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-wên⁴
    • Yale: tàn-wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannwenn
    • Palladius: таньвэнь (tanʹvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ wən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam³ man⁶
    • Yale: taam mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam³ men⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ mɐn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-būn
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmbun
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ bun²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-mn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-mn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmmng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-mūi
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-muī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmmui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ muĩ²²/

Verb

探問

1. to make cautious inquiries about
2. to inquire after; to visit

Synonyms

• (to make cautious inquiries about):

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Synonyms of 探問

了解 (liǎojiě) 咨問／咨问 (zīwèn) (literary) 問／问 (wèn) 問訊／问讯 (wènxùn) 問話／问话 (wènhuà) (of superiors or elders) 打聽／打听 (dǎtīng) 扣問／扣问 (kòuwèn) (literary)

探詢／探询 (tànxún) 查問／查问 (cháwèn) 查詢／查询 (cháxún) 訊問／讯问 (xùnwèn) 詢問／询问 (xúnwèn) 諮詢／谘询 (zīxún)

• (to inquire after):

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Synonyms of 探問

串 (chuàn) (literary, or in compounds) 坐人家 (Xiang) 坐尞 (Hakka) 拜望 (bàiwàng) (polite) 探望 (tànwàng) 看望 (kànwàng) 瞧 (qiáo) (colloquial) 上門／上门 (shàngmén) 串門／串门 (chuànmén) (colloquial) 串門子／串门子 (chuàn ménzi) 參訪／参访 (cānfǎng) (formal)

拜訪／拜访 (bàifǎng) (polite) 探視／探视 (tànshì) 探親／探亲 (tànqīn) (to visit one's relatives or spouse) 探訪／探访 (tànfǎng) 登門／登门 (dēngmén) 省親／省亲 (xǐngqīn) (literary, to visit one's parents or elders) 訪問／访问 (fǎngwèn) 走訪／走访 (zǒufǎng) 造訪／造访 (zàofǎng) 過／过 (guò)