探親

See also: 探亲

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (探親)		探	親
simp. (探亲)		探	亲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tànqīn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ can¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thàm-chhin

(Teochew, Peng'im): tam³ cing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tànqīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàncin
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-chʻin¹
  - Yale: tàn-chīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannchin
  - Palladius: таньцинь (tanʹcinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam³ can¹
  - Yale: taam chān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ tsan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam³ cen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-chhin
  - Tâi-lô: thàm-tshin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarmchyn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰin³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Longyan): /tʰam²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sʰin³³⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tam³ cing¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thàm tshing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰam²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiŋ³³/

Verb

探親

to visit one's relatives or spouse (especially by travelling a long distance)

Synonyms

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)
探問 / 探问 (tànwèn)
探望 (tànwàng)
探視 / 探视 (tànshì)
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

References

郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “探亲”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 274.