探 (tàn) means Explore (search out - visit - stick out). Below are 16 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他喜欢看侦 探 小说。
Tā xǐhuan kàn zhēntàn xiǎoshuō.
He likes reading detective novels.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 侦探
人类一直在 探 索宇宙。
Rénlèi yìzhí zài tànsuǒ yǔzhòu.
Humanity has always been exploring the universe.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 探索
他们在 探 索一条新路。
Tāmen zài tànsuǒ yì tiáo xīn lù.
They are exploring a new path.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 探索
探 测器已经发回了数据。
Tàncèqì yǐjīng fā huí le shùjù.
The probe has already sent back data.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 探测
他去医院 探 望了老同事。
Tā qù yīyuàn tànwàng le lǎo tóngshì.
He went to the hospital to visit his old colleague.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 探望
这位侦 探 破了不少大案。
Zhè wèi zhēntàn pò le bù shǎo dà àn.
This detective has solved quite a few major cases.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 侦探
很多华侨每年都回来 探 亲。
Hěn duō huáqiáo měi nián dōu huílái tànqīn.
Many overseas Chinese come back every year to visit relatives.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 华侨
勘 探 队在山里工作了半年。
Kāntàn duì zài shān lǐ gōngzuò le bàn nián.
The survey team worked in the mountains for six months.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 勘探
这台雷达的 探 测距离很远。
Zhè tái léidá de tàncè jùlí hěn yuǎn.
This radar has a long detection range.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雷达
会上大家 探 讨了这个问题。
Huì shang dàjiā tàntǎo le zhège wèntí.
Everyone examined this question at the meeting.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 探讨
这本书 探 讨了教育的本质。
Zhè běn shū tàntǎo le jiàoyù de běnzhì.
This book explores the nature of education.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 探讨
他们在这里进行了地质勘 探 。
Tāmen zài zhèlǐ jìnxíng le dìzhì kāntàn.
They carried out a geological survey here.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 地质
他们在这一带进行石油勘 探 。
Tāmen zài zhè yídài jìnxíng shíyóu kāntàn.
They are carrying out oil exploration in this area.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 勘探
每年过节他都回去 探 望父母。
Měi nián guòjié tā dōu huíqù tànwàng fùmǔ.
Every festival he goes back to visit his parents.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 探望
科学家一直在 探 索宇宙的奥秘。
Kēxuéjiā yìzhí zài tànsuǒ yǔzhòu de àomì.
Scientists have always been exploring the mysteries of the universe.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 奥秘
这台仪器可以 探 测地下的水源。
Zhè tái yíqì kěyǐ tàncè dìxià de shuǐyuán.
This instrument can detect underground water.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 探测
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Words that contain 探
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Questions about 探
How is 探 used in a sentence?
This page shows 16 sentences using 探 (tàn, "Explore (search out - visit - stick out)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 探 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 探 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 探?
The dictionary page for 探 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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