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

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thàm-bōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tànwàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tànwàng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-wang⁴
    • Yale: tàn-wàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannwanq
    • Palladius: таньван (tanʹvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam³ mong⁶
    • Yale: taam mohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ mong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam³ mong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ mɔːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (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

1. 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.

   放假了，我們一家大小往鄉下去探望祖母。 [MSC, trad.]
   放假了，我们一家大小往乡下去探望祖母。 [MSC, simp.]

   Fàngjià le, wǒmen yījiādàxiǎo wǎng xiāngxià qù tànwàng zǔmǔ. [Pinyin]

   We had a holiday, so our whole family went to the countryside to visit grandmother.

2. to look about

Synonyms

• (to visit):

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• 上門／上门 (shàngmén)
• 串 (literary, or in compounds)
• 串門／串门 (chuànmén) (colloquial)
• 串門子／串门子 (chuàn ménzi) (colloquial)
• 參訪／参访 (cānfǎng) (formal)
• 坐人家 (zo⁵ ren² ga) (Xiang)
• 坐尞 (Hakka)
• 拜望 (bàiwàng) (polite)
• 拜訪／拜访 (bàifǎng) (polite)
• 探問／探问 (tànwèn)
• 探視／探视 (tànshì)
• 探親／探亲 (tànqīn) (to visit one's relatives or spouse)
• 探訪／探访 (tànfǎng)
• 登門／登门 (dēngmén)
• 看望 (kànwàng)
• 省親／省亲 (xǐngqīn) (literary, to visit one's parents or elders)
• 瞧 (qiáo) (colloquial)
• 訪問／访问 (fǎngwèn)
• 走訪／走访 (zǒufǎng)
• 造訪／造访 (zàofǎng)
• 過／过

 

• (to look about):

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• 偵測／侦测 (zhēncè)
• 察看 (chákàn)
• 審視／审视 (shěnshì)
• 打量
• 探測／探测 (tàncè)
• 瞻視／瞻视 (zhānshì) (literary)
• 視／视 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 視察／视察 (shìchá)
• 觀察／观察 (guānchá)
• 觀望／观望 (guānwàng) (literary)
• 觀測／观测 (guāncè)
• 觀看／观看 (guānkàn)

 

Derived terms

• 探望權／探望权 (tànwàngquán)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (探望):

• → Korean: 탐망(探望) (tammang)