探索

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Chinese

to explore; to search out; to scout
to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit
 
to search; to demand; to ask
to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
 
trad. (探索) 探 索
simp. #(探索) 探 索

Pronunciation

Verb

探索

  1. to explore; to probe
    探索宇宙的奧秘／探索宇宙的奥秘  ―  tànsuǒ yǔzhòu de àomì  ―  to explore the mysteries of the universe
    探索太空  ―  tànsuǒ tàikōng  ―  to explore outer space
    初步探索  ―  chūbù tànsuǒ  ―  tentative exploration
  2. (literary) to search; to raid (in order to find evidence)

Synonyms

  • (to explore): 探究 (tànjiū)
  • (to search):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (探索):
  • → Japanese: 探索(たんさく) (tansaku)
  • → Korean: 탐색(探索) (tamsaek)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
探 索
たん
Grade: 6 		さく
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

探(たん)索(さく) • (tansaku) 

  1. search, lookup, exploration, hunt
  2. (computer science) search

Verb

探(たん)索(さく)する • (tansaku suru) transitive suru (stem 探(たん)索(さく)し (tansaku shi), past 探(たん)索(さく)した (tansaku shita))

  1. search, look up

Conjugation

Conjugation of "探索する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 探索し たんさくし tansaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 探索し たんさくし tansaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 探索する たんさくする tansaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 探索する たんさくする tansaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 探索すれ たんさくすれ tansaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 探索せよ¹
探索しろ² 		たんさくせよ¹
たんさくしろ² 		tansaku seyo¹
tansaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 探索される たんさくされる tansaku sareru
Causative 探索させる
探索さす 		たんさくさせる
たんさくさす 		tansaku saseru
tansaku sasu
Potential 探索できる たんさくできる tansaku dekiru
Volitional 探索しよう たんさくしよう tansaku shiyō
Negative 探索しない たんさくしない tansaku shinai
Negative continuative 探索せず たんさくせず tansaku sezu
Formal 探索します たんさくします tansaku shimasu
Perfective 探索した たんさくした tansaku shita
Conjunctive 探索して たんさくして tansaku shite
Hypothetical conditional 探索すれば たんさくすれば tansaku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
探索

Noun

探索 • (tamsaek) (hangeul 탐색)

  1. hanja form? of 탐색
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