侦 zhēn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 贞 virtuous, chaste, pure
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
侦探
zhēntàn
detective; to detect; to investigate
Characters in this word
探 tàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这名侦探没有急于下结论，而是重新梳理了每个人的时间线。 Zhè míng zhēntàn méiyǒu jíyú xià jiélùn, ér shì chóngxīn shūlǐ le měi gè rén de shíjiānxiàn. This detective did not rush to a conclusion, but reconstructed everyone's timeline.
- 这部小说里的侦探只用三天就找到了真相。 Zhè bù xiǎoshuō lǐ de zhēntàn zhǐ yòng sān tiān jiù zhǎodào le zhēnxiàng. In this novel, the detective found the truth in just three days.
- 公司请侦探调查这笔钱的去向。 Gōngsī qǐng zhēntàn diàochá zhè bǐ qián de qùxiàng. The company hired a detective to investigate where the money went.
Related words
- 侦查 zhēnchá to investigate; criminal investigation
- 探索 tànsuǒ to explore
- 探讨 tàntǎo to discuss, to deliberate
- 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