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勘探

勘探

Chinese

		to investigate; to survey; to collate	to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit
simp. and trad. (勘探)		勘	探

Verb

勘探

to prospect (for minerals)

Noun

勘探

prospecting

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kāntàn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄢㄊㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ham³ taam³, ham¹ taam³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kāntàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄢㄊㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kantann
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰa̠n⁵⁵ tʰa̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ham³ taam³, ham¹ taam³
  - Yale: ham taam, hām taam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ham³ taam³, ham¹ taam³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐm³³ tʰɑːm³³/, /hɐm⁵⁵ tʰɑːm³³/