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
trad. (探索)		探	索
simp. #(探索)		探	索

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tànsuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ sok³, taam³ saak³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thàm-sok / thàm-soh / thàm-sak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tam³ sog⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tànsuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tànsuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-so³
    • Yale: tàn-swǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannsuoo
    • Palladius: таньсо (tanʹso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam³ sok³, taam³ saak³
    • Yale: taam sok, taam saak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ sok⁸, taam³ saak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam³ sog³, tam³ sag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ sɔːk̚³/, /tʰaːm³³ saːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tam³ sog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thàm sok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰam²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sok̚²/

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

   初步探索  ―  chūbù tànsuǒ  ―  tentative exploration

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

Synonyms

• (to explore): 探究 (tànjiū)
• (to search):

• 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) (to 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) (to frisk)
• 搵／揾
• 摸索 (mōsuǒ)
• 查尋／查寻 (cháxún)
• 查找 (cházhǎo)
• 檢索／检索 (jiǎnsuǒ) (to look up)
• 緝查／缉查 (jīchá) (in order to find evidence)
• 追尋／追寻 (zhuīxún)
• 追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 太空探索 (tàikōng tànsuǒ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (探索):

• → Japanese: 探索(たんさく) (tansaku)
• → Korean: 탐색(探索) (tamsaek)

See also

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

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たんさく [tàńsákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [tã̠ɰ̃sa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

探(たん)索(さく) • (tansaku) 

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

Verb

探(たん)索(さく)する • (tansaku suru) transitive suru (stem 探(たん)索(さく)し (tansaku shi), past 探(たん)索(さく)した (tansaku shita))

1. search, look up

Conjugation

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

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	探索し	たんさくし	tansaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	探索し	たんさくし	tansaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	探索する	たんさくする	tansaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	探索する	たんさくする	tansaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	探索すれ	たんさくすれ	tansaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	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

Korean

Hanja in this term
探	索

Noun

探索 • (tamsaek) (hangeul 탐색)

1. Hanja form^? of 탐색.