| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 探 | 探 | tàn | - to explore - to search out - to scout - to visit - to stretch forward |
| 侦探 | 偵探 | zhēntàn | - detective - to do detective work |
| 刺探 | 刺探 | cìtàn | - to pry into - to spy on - to probe into |
| 勘探 | 勘探 | kāntàn | - exploration |
| 包探 | 包探 | bāotàn | - detective (in former times) |
| 坐探 | 坐探 | zuòtàn | - inside informer - mole - plant |
| 密探 | 密探 | mìtàn | - secret agent - detective - covert investigator |
| 打探 | 打探 | dǎtàn | - to make discreet inquiries - to scout out |
| 探井 | 探井 | tànjǐng | - test pit - exploratory shaft - test well (mineralogy) |
| 探伤 | 探傷 | tànshāng | - to inspect for damage - flaw detection - metal crack detection |
| 探勘 | 探勘 | tànkān | - prospecting - exploration - a survey |
| 探员 | 探員 | tànyuán | - detective - investigator - agent |
| 探问 | 探問 | tànwèn | - to inquire into - to ask after |
| 探奇 | 探奇 | tànqí | - to seek unusual scenery or places |
| 探子 | 探子 | tànzi | - intelligence gatherer - spy - detective - scout - sound (medical instrument) - long and narrow probing and sampling utensil |
| 探家 | 探家 | tànjiā | - to make a trip home |
| 探察 | 探察 | tànchá | - to investigate - to observe - to scout - to seek out and examine - to explore |
| 探寻 | 探尋 | tànxún | - to search - to seek - to explore |
| 探尺 | 探尺 | tànchǐ | - dipstick - measuring rod |
| 探戈 | 探戈 | tàngē | - tango (dance) (loanword) |
| 探摸 | 探摸 | tànmō | - to feel for sth - to grope |
| 探明 | 探明 | tànmíng | - to ascertain - to verify |
| 探月 | 探月 | tànyuè | - lunar exploration |
| 探望 | 探望 | tànwàng | - to visit - to call on sb - to look around |
| 探查 | 探查 | tànchá | - to examine - to probe - to scout out - to nose around |
| 探求 | 探求 | tànqiú | - to seek - to pursue - to investigate |
| 探测 | 探測 | tàncè | - to probe - to take readings - to explore - exploration |
| 探病 | 探病 | tànbìng | - to visit a sick person or patient |
| 探监 | 探監 | tànjiān | - to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend) |
| 探看 | 探看 | tànkàn | - to visit - to go to see what's going on |
| 探矿 | 探礦 | tànkuàng | - to prospect - to dig for coal or minerals |
| 探秘 | 探祕 | tànmì | - to explore a mystery - to probe the unknown |
| 探究 | 探究 | tànjiū | - to investigate - to delve - to probe - to enquire into - to look into |
| 探索 | 探索 | tànsuǒ | - to explore - to probe |
| 探听 | 探聽 | tàntīng | - to make inquiries - to try to find out - to pry |
| 探花 | 探花 | tànhuā | - candidate who came third in the Han-lin examination - see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2] |
| 探视 | 探視 | tànshì | - to visit (a patient, prisoner etc) - to look inquiringly |
| 探亲 | 探親 | tànqīn | - to go home to visit one's family |
| 探讨 | 探討 | tàntǎo | - to investigate - to probe |
| 探访 | 探訪 | tànfǎng | - to seek by inquiry or search - to call on - to visit |
| 探询 | 探詢 | tànxún | - to inquire into - to ask after |
| 探路 | 探路 | tànlù | - to find a path |
| 探身 | 探身 | tànshēn | - to lean forward - to lean out (of a window, door etc) |
| 探针 | 探針 | tànzhēn | - probe |
| 探长 | 探長 | tànzhǎng | - (police) detective |
| 探险 | 探險 | tànxiǎn | - to explore - to go on an expedition - adventure |
| 探雷 | 探雷 | tànléi | - to detect mines - mine detection |
| 探头 | 探頭 | tàntóu | - to extend one's head (out or into) - a probe - detector - search unit |
| 探风 | 探風 | tànfēng | - to make inquiries about sb or sth - to fish for information |
| 探马 | 探馬 | tànmǎ | - mounted scout (arch.) |
| 敌探 | 敵探 | dítàn | - enemy spy |
| 暗探 | 暗探 | àntàn | - secret agent - detective |
| 查探 | 查探 | chátàn | - to check - to investigate - to probe (into) |
| 神探 | 神探 | shéntàn | - master sleuth - lit. miraculous detective - cf Sherlock Holmes 福爾摩斯|福尔摩斯[Fu2 er3 mo2 si1] or Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] |
| 窥探 | 窺探 | kuītàn | - to pry into or spy on - to snoop - to peep - to poke one's nose into - to peer - to get a glimpse of |
| 试探 | 試探 | shìtàn | - to sound out - to probe - to feel out - to try out |
| 警探 | 警探 | jǐngtàn | - police detective |
| 钻探 | 鑽探 | zuāntàn | - drilling |
| 探伤器 | 探傷器 | tànshāngqì | - metal crack detector |
| 探口气 | 探口氣 | tànkǒuqì | - to sound out opinions - to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning - also written 探口風|探口风[tan4 kou3 feng1] |
| 探口风 | 探口風 | tànkǒufēng | - to sound out opinions - to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning |
| 探测器 | 探測器 | tàncèqì | - detector - probe - craft |
| 探测字 | 探測字 | tàncèzì | - probe (character) |
| 探照灯 | 探照燈 | tànzhàodēng | - searchlight |
| 探矿者 | 探礦者 | tànkuàngzhě | - prospector - person exploring for minerals |
| 探究式 | 探究式 | tànjiūshì | - exploratory |
| 探索性 | 探索性 | tànsuǒxìng | - exploratory |
| 探视权 | 探視權 | tànshìquán | - visitation rights (law) |
| 探路者 | 探路者 | Tànlùzhě | - Pathfinder, NASA spacecraft sent to Mars in 1977 |
| 探身子 | 探身子 | tànshēnzi | - to bend forward - to lean out |
| 探险家 | 探險家 | tànxiǎnjiā | - explorer |
| 探险者 | 探險者 | tànxiǎnzhě | - explorer |
| 钻探机 | 鑽探機 | zuāntànjī | - drilling machine |
| 陆探微 | 陸探微 | LùTànwēi | - Lu Tanwei (active c. 450-490), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties 六朝四大家 |
| 太空探索 | 太空探索 | tàikōngtànsuǒ | - space exploration |
| 妙探寻凶 | 妙探尋兇 | Miàotànxúnxiōng | - Cluedo (board game) |
| 巴头探脑 | 巴頭探腦 | bātóutànnǎo | - to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy - nosy |
| 探囊取物 | 探囊取物 | tànnángqǔwù | - to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie - in the bag |
| 探幽发微 | 探幽發微 | tànyōufāwēi | - to probe deeply and uncover minute details |
| 探雷人员 | 探雷人員 | tànléirényuán | - mine detector (employee) |
| 探头探脑 | 探頭探腦 | tàntóutànnǎo | - to stick one's head out and look around (idiom) |
| 探骊得珠 | 探驪得珠 | tànlídézhū | - to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation) - to see through to the nub |
| 空间探测 | 空間探測 | kōngjiāntàncè | - space probe |
| 金属探伤 | 金屬探傷 | jīnshǔtànshāng | - metal crack detection |
| 探头探脑儿 | 探頭探腦兒 | tàntóutànnǎor | - erhua variant of 探頭探腦|探头探脑[tan4 tou2 tan4 nao3] |
| 伽利略探测器 | 伽利略探測器 | Jiālìlüètàncèqì | - Galileo probe |
| 半导体探测器 | 半導體探測器 | bàndǎotǐtàncèqì | - semiconductor detector |
| 中石油川东钻探公司 | 中石油川東鑽探公司 | ZhōngShíyóuChuāndōngZuàntànGōngsī | - Chuandong Oil Drilling & Exploration Company (CODEC) |
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