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侦探 meaning in English

zhēntàn

detective; to do detective work

Traditional 偵探19 strokes

Meaning of 侦探

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhēntàn
  1. detective
  2. to do detective work

侦探 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā常cháng常cháng在zài吃chī过guò晚wǎn饭fàn后hòu看kàn侦zhēn探tàn小xiǎo说shuō。
He would often read detective stories after supper.
她tā把bǎ他tā形xíng容róng为wèi侦zhēn探tàn。
She described him as a detective.
父fù亲qīn常cháng常cháng在zài空kòng闲xián时shí间jiān读dú侦zhēn探tàn小xiǎo说shuō。
Father would often read detective stories in his spare time.
她tā雇gù了le一yí个gè私sī人rén侦zhēn探tàn看kān守shǒu她tā的de丈zhàng夫fū。
She employed a private detective to keep a watch on her husband.
我wǒ是shì个gè侦zhēn探tàn。
I'm a detective.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

侦 zhēn · to spy · 8 strokes

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探 tàn · to explore · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 侦探.

探索tànsuǒto explore; to probe
探讨tàntǎoto investigate; to probe
探望tànwàngto visit; to call on sb
探险tànxiǎnto explore; to go on an expedition
探测tàncèto probe; to survey
侦察zhēncháto investigate a crime; to scout
试探shìtanto sound out; to probe
勘探kāntànto explore; to survey
探亲tànqīnto go home to visit one's family
探求tànqiúto seek; to pursue
探员tànyuándetective; investigator
警探jǐngtànpolice detective

Questions about 侦探

What does 侦探 mean?

侦探 (zhēntàn) means "detective; to do detective work".

How do you write 侦探?

侦探 is made of 2 characters: 侦 (8 strokes), 探 (11 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

How is 侦探 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 侦探 is written 偵探.