打探

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit
trad. (打探)		打	探
simp. #(打探)		打	探

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎtàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² taam³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tá-tham
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): táⁿ-thàm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎtàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎtàn
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-tʻan⁴
    • Yale: dǎ-tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daatann
    • Palladius: датань (datanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² taam³
    • Yale: dá taam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² taam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² tam³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ tʰaːm³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tá-tham
    • Hakka Romanization System: da` tam
    • Hagfa Pinyim: da³ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ta³¹ tʰam⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táⁿ-thàm
    • Tâi-lô: tánn-thàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvaftaxm
    • IPA (Taipei): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰam¹¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /tã⁴²⁻²⁴ tʰam²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰam²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰam²¹/

Verb

打探

1. to try and find out; to look into; to pry into

Synonyms

• 偵察／侦察 (zhēnchá)
• 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
• 刺探 (cìtàn)
• 探聽／探听 (tàntīng)
• 斥候 (chìhòu)
• 暗探 (àntàn)