暗探

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit
trad. (暗探)		暗	探
simp. #(暗探)		暗	探

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àntàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ taam³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àm-thàm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àntàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àntàn
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-tʻan⁴
    • Yale: àn-tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anntann
    • Palladius: аньтань (anʹtanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: am³ taam³
    • Yale: am taam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am³ taam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: em³ tam³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ tʰaːm³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-thàm
    • Tâi-lô: àm-thàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: armtaxm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /am²¹⁻⁵³ tʰam²¹/

Noun

暗探

1. spy; detective; secret agent

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 暗查

Verb

暗探

1. to spy; to investigate in secret

Synonyms

• 偵察／侦察 (zhēnchá)
• 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
• 刺探 (cìtàn)
• 打探 (dǎtàn)
• 探聽／探听 (tàntīng)
• 斥候 (chìhòu)