探望

探望

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
trad. (探望)		探	望
simp. #(探望)		探	望

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tànwàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ mong⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): thàm-bōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tànwàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tànwàng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-wang⁴
    • Yale: tàn-wàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannwanq
    • Palladius: таньван (tanʹvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam³ mong⁶
    • Yale: taam mohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ mong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam³ mong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ mɔːŋ²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-bōng
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-bōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmbong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ bɔŋ³³/

Verb

探望

1. to visit (someone who cannot be easily seen)

   上年我探望過一些非洲的貧窮家庭。 [MSC, trad.]
   上年我探望过一些非洲的贫穷家庭。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shàngnián wǒ tànwàng guò yīxiē Fēizhōu de pínqióng jiātíng. [Pinyin]

   I visited some impoverished families in Africa last year.

   放假了，我們一家大小往鄉下去探望祖母。 [MSC, trad.]
   放假了，我们一家大小往乡下去探望祖母。 [MSC, simp.]

   Fàngjià le, wǒmen yījiādàxiǎo wǎng xiāngxià qù tànwàng zǔmǔ. [Pinyin]

   We had a holiday, so our whole family went to the countryside to visit grandmother.

2. to look about

Synonyms

• (to visit):

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Synonyms of 探望

串 (chuàn) (literary, or in compounds) 坐人家 (Xiang) 坐尞 (Hakka) 拜望 (bàiwàng) (polite) 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)

探問／探问 (tànwèn) 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)

• (to look about):

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Synonyms of 探望

察看 (chákàn) 打量 (dǎliang) 偵測／侦测 (zhēncè) 審視／审视 (shěnshì) 探測／探测 (tàncè) 瞻視／瞻视 (zhānshì) (literary)

視察／视察 (shìchá) 觀察／观察 (guānchá) 觀望／观望 (guānwàng) (literary) 觀測／观测 (guāncè) 觀看／观看 (guānkàn)

Derived terms

探望權／探望权 (tànwàngquán)