探险 meaning in English

tànxiǎn

to explore; to go on an expedition

HSK 7-9Traditional 探險20 strokes

Meaning of 探险

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tànxiǎn
  1. to explore
  2. to go on an expedition
  3. adventure

探险 in example sentences

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

1497年nián,约yuē翰hàn卡kǎ博bó特tè前qián往wǎng加jiā拿ná大dà探tàn险xiǎn。
In 1497, John Cabot explored Canada.
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.
他tā们men出chū发fā去qù南nán极jí探tàn险xiǎn。
They went on an expedition to the Antarctic.
格gé列liè佛fú为wèi寻xún求qiú探tàn险xiǎn而ér旅lǚ行xíng。
Gulliver traveled in quest of adventure.
探tàn险xiǎn家jiā们men在zài洞dòng穴xué里lǐ发fā现xiàn了le骸hái骨gǔ。
The explorers discovered a skeleton in the cave.

Stroke order for each character

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探 tàn · to explore · 11 strokes

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险 xiǎn · danger · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 探险.

危险wēixiǎndanger; dangerous
保险bǎoxiǎninsurance; to insure
风险fēngxiǎnrisk; hazard
探索tànsuǒto explore; to probe
探讨tàntǎoto investigate; to probe
冒险màoxiǎnto take risks; to take chances
探望tànwàngto visit; to call on sb
探测tàncèto probe; to survey
试探shìtanto sound out; to probe
惊险jīngxiǎnperilous; touch-and-go; nerve-racking; suspenseful
勘探kāntànto explore; to survey
探亲tànqīnto go home to visit one's family

Questions about 探险

What does 探险 mean?

探险 (tànxiǎn) means "to explore; to go on an expedition".

How do you write 探险?

探险 is made of 2 characters: 探 (11 strokes), 险 (9 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 探险 an HSK word?

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

How is 探险 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 探险 is written 探險.