探問

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	to ask
trad. (探問)		探	問
simp. (探问)		探	问

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tànwèn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ man⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thàm-būn / thàm-mn̄g / thàm-mūi

(Teochew, Peng'im): tam³ mng⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tànwèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tànwùn
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-wên⁴
  - Yale: tàn-wèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannwenn
  - Palladius: таньвэнь (tanʹvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ wən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam³ man⁶
  - Yale: taam mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ man⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam³ men⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ mɐn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-būn
  - Tâi-lô: thàm-būn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarmbun
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ bun²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-mn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: thàm-mn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarmmng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-mūi
  - Tâi-lô: thàm-muī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarmmui
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ muĩ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tam³ mng⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thàm mn̄g
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰam²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mŋ¹¹/

Verb

探問

to make cautious inquiries about
to inquire after; to visit

Synonyms

(to make cautious inquiries about):

了解 (liǎojiě)
咨問 / 咨问 (zīwèn) (literary)
問 / 问 (wèn)
問訊 / 问讯 (wènxùn)
問話 / 问话 (wènhuà) (of superiors or elders)
打聽 / 打听 (dǎtīng)
扣問 / 扣问 (kòuwèn) (literary)
探詢 / 探询 (tànxún)
查問 / 查问 (cháwèn)
查詢 / 查询 (cháxún)
訊問 / 讯问 (xùnwèn)
詢問 / 询问 (xúnwèn)
諮詢 / 谘询 (zīxún)
質 / 质 (Cantonese, or literary, or in compounds)

(to inquire after):

上門 / 上门 (shàngmén)
串 (literary, or in compounds)
串門 / 串门 (chuànmén) (colloquial)
串門子 / 串门子 (chuàn ménzi) (colloquial)
參訪 / 参访 (cānfǎng) (formal)
坐人家 (zo⁵ ren² ga) (Xiang)
坐尞 (Hakka)
拜望 (bàiwàng) (polite)
拜訪 / 拜访 (bàifǎng) (polite)
探望 (tànwàng)
探視 / 探视 (tànshì)
探親 / 探亲 (tànqīn) (to visit one's relatives or spouse)
探訪 / 探访 (tànfǎng)
登門 / 登门 (dēngmén)
看望 (kànwàng)
省親 / 省亲 (xǐngqīn) (literary, to visit one's parents or elders)
瞧 (qiáo) (colloquial)
訪問 / 访问 (fǎngwèn)
走訪 / 走访 (zǒufǎng)
造訪 / 造访 (zàofǎng)
過 / 过