探 tàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
探讨
tàntǎo
to discuss, to deliberate
Characters in this word
讨 tǎo
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 专家们将在论坛上探讨城市老龄化带来的挑战。 Zhuānjiāmen jiāng zài lùntán shàng tàntǎo chéngshì lǎolínghuà dài lái de tiǎozhàn. Experts will discuss the challenges brought by urban ageing at the forum.
- 我们需要认真探讨一下这个问题的原因。 Wǒmen xūyào rènzhēn tàntǎo yíxià zhège wèntí de yuányīn. We need to look carefully into the causes of this problem.
- 老师和学生一起探讨怎样才能学好汉语。 Lǎoshī hé xuésheng yìqǐ tàntǎo zěnyàng cáinéng xuéhǎo Hànyǔ. The teacher and students discuss together how to learn Chinese well.
Related words
- 探索 tànsuǒ to explore
- 勘探 kāntàn to prospect; to explore
- 试探 shìtan to test; to probe
- 探 tàn to probe; to explore; to look into
- 探测 tàncè to detect; to survey; to probe
- 探究 tànjiū to investigate; to explore deeply
- 探亲 tànqīn to visit relatives
- 探求 tànqiú to seek; to pursue
- 探望 tànwàng to visit; to call on
- 探险 tànxiǎn to explore; to go on an expedition
- 侦探 zhēntàn detective; to detect; to investigate
- 讨论 tǎolùn to discuss