探望

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
trad. (探望)		探	望
simp. ^#(探望)		探	望

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tànwàng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄨㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ mong⁶
Min Nan (POJ): thàm-bōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tànwàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄨㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannwanq
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ u̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam³ mong⁶
  - Yale: taam mohng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ mong⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam³ mong⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰäːm³³ mɔːŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-bōng
  - Tâi-lô: thàm-bōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarmbong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ bɔŋ³³/

Verb

探望

to visit (someone who cannot be easily seen)
上年我探望過一些非洲的貧窮家庭。 [MSC, trad.]
上年我探望过一些非洲的贫穷家庭。 [MSC, simp.]
Shàngnián wǒ tànwàng guò yīxiē Fēizhōu de pínqióng jiātíng. [Pinyin]
I visited some impoverished families in Africa last year.
to look about

Synonyms

(to visit):

串門／串门 (chuànmén) (colloquial)
拜望 (bàiwàng) (polite)
拜訪／拜访 (bàifǎng)
探訪／探访 (tànfǎng)
看望 (kànwàng)

訪問／访问 (fǎngwèn)
走訪／走访 (zǒufǎng)
造訪／造访 (zàofǎng)
過／过 (guò)

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