侦探 zhēntàn▶ Detective

Traditional

偵探

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

Characters in 侦探

• 侦 zhēn — to scout; to spy; to detect
• 探 tàn — to explore; to search out; to scout

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

• 勘探prospect for; prove up
• 探望Visit
• 探测Probe
• 探索explore
• 探讨discuss; probe into

侦探 is pronounced zhēntàn and means “Detective”.

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