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On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

tàn ㄊㄢˋ

    • to explore
    • to search out
    • to scout
    • to visit
    • to stretch forward

Other words read tàn

In the same tone

  • 叹 tàn sigh
  • 碳 tàn carbon
  • 炭 tàn wood charcoal

tan with other tones

  • 谈 tán speak
  • 坛 tán altar
  • 弹 tán pluck
  • 滩 tān beach
  • 坦 tǎn flat

All 39 words read tan in any tone

Other words read tàn

In the same tone

  • 嘆 tàn sigh
  • 碳 tàn carbon
  • 炭 tàn wood charcoal

tan with other tones

  • 談 tán speak
  • 壇 tán altar
  • 罈 tán earthen jar
  • 彈 tán pluck
  • 灘 tān beach

All 39 words read tan in any tone

How 探 is written

    部首 radical
    扌 a form of 手
    笔画 strokes
    11, with 8 after the 部首
    形旁 meaning
    扌

    Words with 探

    Starting with 探

    • 探索 tànsuǒ explore
    • 探讨 tàntǎo investigate
    • 探明 tànmíng ascertain
    • 探测 tàncè probe
    • 探花 tànhuā candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination

    All 65 words starting with 探

    Ending with 探

    • 勘探 kāntàn explore
    • 试探 shìtàn sound out
    • 打探 dǎtàn make discreet inquiries
    • 窥探 kuītàn snoop
    • 钻探 zuāntàn conduct exploratory drilling

    All 17 words ending with 探

    Containing 探

    • 试探性 shìtànxìng exploratory
    • 陆探微 lùtànwēi Lu Tanwei (active c. 450-490), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
    • 巴头探脑 bātóutànnǎo spy
    • 钻探机 zuāntànjī drilling machine
    • 一探究竟 yītànjiūjìng check out

    All 11 words containing 探

    Words with 探

    Starting with 探

    • 探索 tànsuǒ explore
    • 探討 tàntǎo investigate
    • 探明 tànmíng ascertain
    • 探測 tàncè probe
    • 探花 tànhuā candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination

    All 65 words starting with 探

    Ending with 探

    • 勘探 kāntàn explore
    • 試探 shìtàn sound out
    • 打探 dǎtàn make discreet inquiries
    • 窺探 kuītàn snoop
    • 鑽探 zuāntàn conduct exploratory drilling

    All 17 words ending with 探

    Containing 探

    • 試探性 shìtànxìng exploratory
    • 陸探微 lùtànwēi Lu Tanwei (active c. 450-490), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
    • 巴頭探腦 bātóutànnǎo spy
    • 鑽探機 zuāntànjī drilling machine
    • 一探究竟 yītànjiūjìng check out

    All 11 words containing 探

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