探問

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	to ask
trad. (探問)		探	問
simp. (探问)		探	问

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tànwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ man⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thàm-būn / thàm-mn̄g / thàm-mūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tànwèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tànwùn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-wên⁴
    • Yale: tàn-wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannwenn
    • Palladius: таньвэнь (tanʹvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ wən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam³ man⁶
    • Yale: taam mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam³ men⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ mɐn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-būn
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmbun
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ bun²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-mn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-mn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmmng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-mūi
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-muī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmmui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ muĩ²²/

Verb

探問

1. to make cautious inquiries about
2. to inquire after; to visit

Synonyms

• (to make cautious inquiries about):

• 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)

 

• (to inquire after):

• 上門／上门 (shàngmén)
• 串 (literary, or in compounds)
• 串門／串门 (chuànmén) (colloquial)
• 串門子／串门子 (chuàn ménzi) (colloquial)
• 參訪／参访 (cānfǎng) (formal)
• 坐人家 (zo⁵ ren² ga) (Xiang)
• 坐尞 (Hakka)
• 拜望 (bàiwàng) (polite)
• 拜訪／拜访 (bàifǎng) (polite)
• 探望 (tànwàng)
• 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)
• 看望 (kànwàng)
• 省親／省亲 (xǐngqīn) (literary, to visit one's parents or elders)
• 瞧 (qiáo) (colloquial)
• 訪問／访问 (fǎngwèn)
• 走訪／走访 (zǒufǎng)
• 造訪／造访 (zàofǎng)
• 過／过