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Exact character matches appear first. For otherwise comparable matches, frequency in film and television subtitles helps determine order. Direct English-definition matches and prefix matches also affect ranking. Word length and the availability of usage notes do not improve rank.

Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

探tàn

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

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侦探zhēn tàn

detective / to do detective work

探长tàn zhǎng

(police) detective

探索tàn suǒ

to explore / to probe

探险tàn xiǎn

to explore / to go on an expedition / adventure

探戈tàn gē

tango (dance) (loanword)

探望tàn wàng

to visit / to call on sb / to look around

探测器tàn cè qì

detector / probe

探测tàn cè

to probe / to survey

探访tàn fǎng

to seek by inquiry or search / to call on / to visit

探视tàn shì

to visit (a patient, prisoner etc) / to look inquiringly

探讨tàn tǎo

to investigate / to probe

密探mì tàn

secret agent / detective / covert investigator

试探shì tàn

to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out

打探dǎ tàn

to make discreet inquiries / to scout out

探究tàn jiū

to investigate / to delve / to probe / to enquire into / to look into

探寻tàn xún

to search / to seek / to explore

探监tàn jiān

to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend)

探险家tàn xiǎn jiā

explorer

探子tàn zi

intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil

探头tàn tóu

to stick one's head out (from behind sth) / to pop one's head in (through a window etc) / probe / sensor

探针tàn zhēn

probe

探查tàn chá

to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around

探病tàn bìng

to visit a sick person or patient

探亲tàn qīn

to go home to visit one's family

探路tàn lù

to find a path

探听tàn tīng

to make inquiries / to try to find out / to pry

探求tàn qiú

to seek / to pursue / to investigate

窥探kuī tàn

to pry into or spy on / to snoop / to peep / to poke one's nose into / to peer / to get a glimpse of

钻探zuān tàn

to conduct exploratory drilling

刺探cì tàn

to pry into / to spy on / to probe into

勘探kān tàn

to explore / to survey / to prospect (for oil etc) / prospecting

探井tàn jǐng

(mining) test pit / exploratory shaft / test well

探伤tàn shāng

to inspect metal for flaws (using X-ray or ultrasound etc)

探勘tàn kān

to explore / to survey / to prospect (for oil etc) / prospecting

探口气tàn kǒu qì

to sound out opinions / to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning / also written 探口風|探口风[tàn kǒu fēng]

探口风tàn kǒu fēng

to sound out opinions / to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning

探员tàn yuán

detective / investigator / agent

探问tàn wèn

to inquire into / to ask after

探囊取物tàn náng qǔ wù

to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom) / as easy as pie / in the bag

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