侦探 zhēntàn▶ Detective

Stroke order

侦探 is written in 19 strokes across 2 characters.

• 侦 — 8 strokes
• 探 — 11 strokes

Senses

1. detective
2. to do detective work

Related words

• 勘探buscar; comprobar
• 探望Visitar, visita
• 探测Sonda; Sondear
• 探索explorar
• 探讨discutir; investigar

侦探 is pronounced zhēntàn and means “Detective”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 侦探 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.