探聽

See also: 探听

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey
trad. (探聽)		探	聽
simp. (探听)		探	听

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàntīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ ting¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thàm-thiaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàntīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tànting
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-tʻing¹
    • Yale: tàn-tīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannting
    • Palladius: таньтин (tanʹtin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam³ ting¹
    • Yale: taam tīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ ting¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam³ ting¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ tʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-thiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-thiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmtviaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰiã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰiã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰiã⁴⁴/

Verb

探聽

1. to snoop around; to pry into; to make inquires about

Synonyms

• 偵察／侦察 (zhēnchá)
• 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
• 刺探 (cìtàn)
• 打探 (dǎtàn)
• 斥候 (chìhòu)
• 暗探 (àntàn)

 

References

• “Entry #7451”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.