探
讨

To investigate in Chinese: 探讨 (tàn tǎo)

tàn tǎo

to investigate

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 探討1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to investigate
  2. 2to probe

Stroke order

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探
讨

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄢˋ

tàn

ㄊ/ tㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄊㄠˇ

tǎo

ㄊ/ tㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

探讨

Simplified

探討

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我们开会探讨这个问题的解决办法。

    wǒ men kāi huì tàn tǎo zhè ge wèn tí de jiě jué bàn fǎ。

    We held a meeting to discuss how to solve this problem.

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Related words

探

tàn

to explore

讨

tǎo

to invite

讨论

tǎo lùn

to discuss

讨厌

tǎo yàn

to dislike

探索

tàn suǒ

to explore

检讨

jiǎn tǎo

to examine or inspect

勘探

kān tàn

to explore

乞讨

qǐ tǎo

to beg

商讨

shāng tǎo

to discuss

试探

shì tàn

to sound out

探测

tàn cè

to probe

探亲

tàn qīn

to go home to visit one's family

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