探 Chinese Dictionary
Find the redical,pronunciation,strokes and meaning of Chinese word. One word one time.
| No. | Word | Radical | Strokes | Pronunciation | Meaning |
| 1 | 探 | 11 | tàn | 探〈动〉 (形声。从手,羇声。本义摸取) 同本义 探,远取之也。--《说文》。按,远取犹深取也。 探,取也。--《尔雅》。注摸取也。” 必探筹而定分。--《铨言》。注捉筹也。” 则惟尔多方探天之威。--《书·多方》 见不善如探汤。--《论语·季氏》 不待探筹投钩而公。--《荀子·君道》 日中如探汤。--《列子·汤问》 探石发穴。--《聊斋志异·促织》 又如探丸(摸取药丸;又指摸取弹丸以决定谋杀官吏之事);探囊(伸手到袋中摸取) 探求 前来一探。--《徐霞客游记·游黄山记》 又如探本(探求 探tàn ⒈掏，摸取～囊取物。 ⒉测量，寻求，研究～测。～索。～寻。～矿。～讨。 ⒊侦察，做侦察的人～敌情。密～。侦～。 ⒋试，打听试～。先～ ～他的口气。 ⒌访问，看望～问。～亲。～病人。 ⒍伸出～出了头。行车时身、手不要～出车外。 |
Chinese dictionary is a reference book that contains an alphabetical list of words in Chinese language with their meanings in English. It can be used to learn new words, improve vocabulary, and understand the meaning of words in Chinese language. This is an online Chinese dictionaries can be used for free.
To use the Chinese dictionary, please follow these steps:
Look up the word you want to know in the dictionary.
If you don’t know how to write the word in Chinese characters, you can use the pinyin (the romanization of Chinese) to find it.
If you don’t know the pinyin either, you can use the radical index (a list of all the radicals used in Chinese characters) to find it.
Once you find the word, look at its definition and example sentences to understand its meaning and usage.
You can also use paper dictionaries which are organized by radicals, number of strokes, and lastly by alphabetic order.
