探親

探親

See also: 探亲

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (探親)		探	親
simp. (探亲)		探	亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tànqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ can¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): thàm-chhin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tam³ cing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tànqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàncin
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-chʻin¹
    • Yale: tàn-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannchin
    • Palladius: таньцинь (tanʹcinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam³ can¹
    • Yale: taam chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam³ cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmchyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tam³ cing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thàm tshing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰam²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiŋ³³/

Verb

探親

1. to visit one's relatives or spouse (especially by travelling a long distance)

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 探親

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) 探問／探问 (tànwèn) 探視／探视 (tànshì) 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)