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

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

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.
to look about

Synonyms

(to visit):

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):

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)

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