探索

探索

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
simp. and trad. (探索)		探	索

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tànsuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ sok³, taam³ saak³
• Min Nan (POJ): thàm-sok / thàm-soh / thàm-sak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tànsuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannsuuo
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam³ sok³, taam³ saak³
    • Yale: taam sok, taam saak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ sok⁸, taam³ saak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam³ sog³, tam³ sag³
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰäːm³³ sɔːk̚³/, /tʰäːm³³ säːk̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-sok
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-sok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmsog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-soh
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-soh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmsoiq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ sɤʔ³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ soʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ soʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-sak
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-sak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmsag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sak̚⁵/

Verb

探索

1. to explore; to probe

   探索宇宙的奧秘 / 探索宇宙的奥秘  ―  tànsuǒ yǔzhòu de àomì  ―  to explore the mysteries of the universe

   探索太空  ―  tànsuǒ tàikōng  ―  to explore outer space

2. (literary) to search; to raid (in order to find evidence)

Synonyms

• (search):

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Synonyms of 探索

尋找／寻找 (xúnzhǎo) 尋查／寻查 (xúnchá) 尋索／寻索 (xúnsuǒ) 尋覓／寻觅 (xúnmì) 找 (zhǎo) 找尋／找寻 (zhǎoxún) 抄身 (chāoshēn) (frisk) 探尋／探寻 (tànxún) 搜 (sōu) 搜尋／搜寻 (sōuxún)

搜查 (sōuchá) (in order to find evidence) 搜索 (sōusuǒ) 搜身 (sōushēn) (frisk) 摸索 (mōsuǒ) 查尋／查寻 (cháxún) 查找 (cházhǎo) 檢索／检索 (jiǎnsuǒ) (look up) 緝查／缉查 (jīchá) (in order to find evidence) 追尋／追寻 (zhuīxún)

Derived terms

太空探索 (tàikōng tànsuǒ)

See also

• 探風／探风 (tànfēng)
• 探究 (tànjiū)
• 探討／探讨 (tàntǎo)
• 探險／探险 (tànxiǎn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
探	索
たん Grade: 6	さく Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [tã̠ɰ̃sa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

探索 (hiragana たんさく, rōmaji tansaku)

1. search, lookup, exploration, hunt
2. (computer science) search

Verb

探索する (transitive, hiragana たんさくする, rōmaji tansaku suru)

1. search, look up

Conjugation

Conjugation of "探索する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	探索し	たんさくし	tansaku shi
Continuative (連用形)	探索し	たんさくし	tansaku shi
Terminal (終止形)	探索する	たんさくする	tansaku suru
Attributive (連体形)	探索する	たんさくする	tansaku suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	探索すれ	たんさくすれ	tansaku sure
Imperative (命令形)	探索せよ¹ 探索しろ²	たんさくせよ¹ たんさくしろ²	tansaku seyo¹ tansaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	探索される	たんさくされる	tansaku sareru
Causative	探索させる 探索さす	たんさくさせる たんさくさす	tansaku saseru tansaku sasu
Potential	探索できる	たんさくできる	tansaku dekiru
Volitional	探索しよう	たんさくしよう	tansaku shiyō
Negative	探索しない	たんさくしない	tansaku shinai
Negative continuative	探索せず	たんさくせず	tansaku sezu
Formal	探索します	たんさくします	tansaku shimasu
Perfective	探索した	たんさくした	tansaku shita
Conjunctive	探索して	たんさくして	tansaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	探索すれば	たんさくすれば	tansaku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
探	索

Noun

探索 • (tamsaek) (hangeul 탐색)

1. Hanja form^? of 탐색.