探 meaning in English

tàn

to explore; to search out

HSK 7-9verb11 strokes

Meaning of 探

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tàn

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

不bú要yào探tàn听tīng别bié人rén的de事shì。

Don't pry into the affairs of others.

我wǒ没méi想xiǎng打dǎ探tàn的de。

I didn't mean to pry.

我wǒ们men在zài探tàn险xiǎn的de时shí候hòu遇yù到dào了le很hěn多duō困kùn难nán。

We encountered a lot of difficulties on the expedition.

我wǒ已yǐ经jīng很hěn久jiǔ没méi有yǒu探tàn望wàng过guò祖zǔ母mǔ了le。

It's been a long time since I visited my grandmother.

我wǒ的de叔shū叔shū们men有yǒu时shí会huì来lái探tàn望wàng我wǒ。

My uncles come to see me from time to time.

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Words that share a character with 探.

探索	tànsuǒ	to explore; to probe
探讨	tàntǎo	to investigate; to probe
探望	tànwàng	to visit; to call on sb
探险	tànxiǎn	to explore; to go on an expedition
探测	tàncè	to probe; to survey
试探	shìtan	to sound out; to probe
勘探	kāntàn	to explore; to survey
探亲	tànqīn	to go home to visit one's family
探求	tànqiú	to seek; to pursue
探员	tànyuán	detective; investigator
警探	jǐngtàn	police detective
侦探	zhēntàn	detective; to do detective work

What does 探 mean?

探 (tàn) means "to explore; to search out" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 探?

探 is made of 1 character: 探 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 探 an HSK word?

Yes. 探 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.