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探討

探討

See also: 探讨

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry
trad. (探討)		探	討
simp. (探讨)		探	讨

Verb

探討

to inquire into; to probe into; to investigate

See also

探風／探风 (tànfēng)
探究 (tànjiū)
探索 (tànsuǒ)
探險／探险 (tànxiǎn)

Derived terms

研討／研讨 (yántǎo)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tàntǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄊㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ tou²
Min Nan (POJ): thàm-thó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tàntǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄊㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanntao
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰa̠n⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam³ tou²
  - Yale: taam tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ tou²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑːm³³ tʰou̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-thó
  - Tâi-lô: thàm-thó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarmtoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰɤ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰɤ⁴¹/