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警探

警探

Chinese

		to alert; to warn	to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit
simp. and trad. (警探)		警	探

Noun

警探

police detective

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jǐngtàn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄊㄢˋ
Min Nan (POJ): kéng-thàm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jǐngtàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄊㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingtann
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰa̠n⁵¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-thàm
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-thàm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefngtaxm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰam²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰam²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰam¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰam²¹/