探海

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	ocean; sea
trad. (探海)		探	海
simp. ^#(探海)		探	海

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tànhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ hoi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thàm-hái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tànhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tànhǎi
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-hai³
  - Yale: tàn-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannhae
  - Palladius: таньхай (tanʹxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam³ hoi²
  - Yale: taam hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam³ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ hɔːi̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-hái
  - Tâi-lô: thàm-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarmhae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hai⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ hai⁴¹/

Verb

探海

to explore, survey or patrol the sea

Derived terms

探海燈 / 探海灯 (tànhǎidēng)
深探海

Noun

探海

(classical Chinese dance) A kongzhi pose in which the dancer raises his back leg to point it upwards while lowering his torso until it is parallel to the ground.

Derived terms

探海翻身
探海轉 / 探海转
斜探海