偵探

See also: 探偵 and 侦探

Chinese

		to scout; to spy	to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit
trad. (偵探)		偵	探
simp. (侦探)		侦	探

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēntàn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄊㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ taam³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-tham
Min Nan (POJ): cheng-thàm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhēntàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄊㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jentann
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ tʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ taam³
  - Yale: jīng taam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ taam³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ tam³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰäːm³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-tham
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziin´ tam
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ tam⁴
  - IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰam⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-thàm
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-thàm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengtaxm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰam²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ tʰam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰam²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰam¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰam²¹/

Noun

偵探

detective

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 暗牌

Verb

偵探

to do detective work

Synonyms

刺探 (cìtàn)
偵察／侦察 (zhēnchá)
偵查／侦查 (zhēnchá)

Derived terms

偵探小說／侦探小说
偵探片／侦探片 (zhēntànpiàn)

私人偵探／私人侦探 (sīrén zhēntàn)
私家偵探／私家侦探 (sījiā zhēntàn)

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