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探 (taam3) — try; venture; tempt in Cantonese

taam˗₃探
Mandarin Pinyin: tan4

Meaning of 探

nountry; venture; tempt
nounexplore
nounfind; locate; search; prospect; feel (in a pocket or bag)
nountry; attempt; test
nounstick out
nounvisit; inquiry about
nounwatch; spy; [n] spy; detective; [v] investigate; [n] secret agent

Example Sentences with 探

乜咁錯蕩嚟探班呀
What brings you here today to visit me at my office?
jauˏ₅有go˗₃個boˉ¹波laanˎ₄蘭pangˎ₄朋jauˏ₅友laiˎ₄嚟zoˊ²咗taam˗₃探ngoˏ₅我。
A Polish friend has come to visit me.
ngoˏ₅我soengˊ²想leiˎ₄嚟taam˗₃探neiˏ₅你
I would like to come and visit you.
daaˊ²打taam˗₃探soengˉ¹商jipˍ₆業cingˎ₄情bou3,報﹐sinˉ¹先zi˗₃至haiˍ₆係keoiˏ₅佢caamˉ¹參gaaˉ¹加leoiˏ₅旅hangˍ₆行tyunˎ₄團ge˗₃嘅zanˉ¹真zing˗₃正mukˍ₆目dikˉ¹的。
Spying out business secrets is the true purpose of his joining the tour.
taam˗₃探jeˎ₄爺jeˎ₄爺heoi˗₃去onˉ¹安joengˏ₅養jyun2.院。
Visit grandpa at the nursing home.
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Words Containing 探

探海艇taam3 hoi2 teng5
a bathyscape (lit., "vessel for exploring the ocean")
偵探zing1 taam3
detective
打探daa2 taam3
plough around; to find out
探險家taam3 him2 gaa1
explorer
探求taam3 kau4
explore; search; pursue
探海球taam3 hoi2 kau4
a bathysphere (lit., "sphere for exploring the ocean")
探長taam3 zoeng2
detective | Formal: 偵探; 探員; 偵緝警員; 偵緝警長
試探si3 taam3
to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out
探知taam3 zi1
ascertain; detection
探訪taam3 fong2
visit; call on
探測字taam3 caak1 zi6
probe (character)
探監taam3 gaam1
to visit a prisoner

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