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)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táⁿ-thàm
    • Tâi-lô: tánn-thàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvaftaxm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰam²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰam²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰam¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰam²¹/

Verb

打探

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

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 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)
• 探問／探问 (tànwèn)
• 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)
• 質／质 (Cantonese, or literary, or in compounds)