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to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit
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hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
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Pronunciation
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.
- 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.
- We had a holiday, so our whole family went to the countryside to visit grandmother.
- to look about
Synonyms
- 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
Derived terms
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