"刺探" meaning in Chinese

See 刺探 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰän⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰän⁵¹/ Chinese transliterations: cìtàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄘˋ ㄊㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], cìtàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄘˋ ㄊㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], cìhtàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tzʻŭ⁴-tʻan⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], tsz̀-tàn [Mandarin, Yale, standard], tsyhtann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], цытань [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], cytanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 刺探
  1. to spy on; to make secret enquiries Synonyms: 偵察 (zhēnchá), 侦察 (zhēnchá), [in-compounds, literary], 打探 (dǎtàn), 探聽 (tàntīng), 探听 (tàntīng), 斥候 (chìhòu) [literary], 暗探 (àntàn)
    Sense id: en-刺探-zh-verb-ZIoMbIOw Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "to spy on; to make secret enquiries"
      ],
      "id": "en-刺探-zh-verb-ZIoMbIOw",
      "links": [
        [
          "spy",
          "spy"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "enquiries",
          "enquiries"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "zhēnchá",
          "word": "偵察"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhēnchá",
          "word": "侦察"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "in-compounds",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "刺"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dǎtàn",
          "word": "打探"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tàntīng",
          "word": "探聽"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tàntīng",
          "word": "探听"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chìhòu",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "斥候"
        },
        {
          "roman": "àntàn",
          "word": "暗探"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cìtàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘˋ ㄊㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cìtàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘˋ ㄊㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cìhtàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tzʻŭ⁴-tʻan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsz̀-tàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsyhtann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цытань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cytanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
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  ],
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}
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to spy on; to make secret enquiries"
      ],
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        [
          "spy",
          "spy"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "enquiries",
          "enquiries"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cìtàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘˋ ㄊㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cìtàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘˋ ㄊㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cìhtàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tzʻŭ⁴-tʻan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsz̀-tàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsyhtann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цытань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cytanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰän⁵¹/"
    }
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      "roman": "zhēnchá",
      "word": "偵察"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēnchá",
      "word": "侦察"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "刺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dǎtàn",
      "word": "打探"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tàntīng",
      "word": "探聽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tàntīng",
      "word": "探听"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chìhòu",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "斥候"
    },
    {
      "roman": "àntàn",
      "word": "暗探"
    }
  ],
  "word": "刺探"
}

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