探望 meaning in English

tànwàng

to visit; to call on sb

HSK 7-9verb22 strokes

Meaning of 探望

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tànwàng

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

海hǎi伦lún每měi个gè星xīng期qī天tiān探tàn望wàng她tā的de叔shū叔shū。

Helen visits her uncle every Sunday.

她tā探tàn望wàng了le她tā在zài监jiān狱yù里lǐ的de丈zhàng夫fū。

She visited her husband in prison.

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 探望.

希望	xīwàng	to hope; a hope; a wish
愿望	yuànwàng	desire; wish
失望	shīwàng	disappointed; to lose hope
看望	kànwàng	to pay a visit to; to see (sb)
渴望	kěwàng	to thirst for; to long for
期望	qīwàng	to have expectations; to earnestly hope
绝望	juéwàng	to despair; to give up all hope
探索	tànsuǒ	to explore; to probe
盼望	pànwàng	to hope for; to look forward to
探讨	tàntǎo	to investigate; to probe
望见	wàngjiàn	to espy; to spot
指望	zhǐwàng	to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope

What does 探望 mean?

探望 (tànwàng) means "to visit; to call on sb" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 探望?

探望 is made of 2 characters: 探 (11 strokes), 望 (11 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 探望 an HSK word?

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