探求
Chinese
to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit |
to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (探求) | 探 | 求 | |
| simp. #(探求) | 探 | 求 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tànqiú
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tàncióu
- Wade–Giles: tʻan4-chʻiu2
- Yale: tàn-chyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannchyou
- Palladius: таньцю (tanʹcju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: taam3 kau4
- Yale: taam kàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: taam3 kau4
- Guangdong Romanization: tam3 keo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːm³³ kʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-kiû
- Tâi-lô: thàm-kiû
- Phofsit Daibuun: tarmkiuu
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiu²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ kiu¹³/
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ kiu²³/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
探求
- to seek; to search for; to pursue; to investigate
Synonyms
- 參訪 / 参访 (cānfǎng) (literary)
- 尋摸 / 寻摸 (xúnmō) (literary or colloquial)
- 尋求 / 寻求 (xúnqiú)
- 搜 (sōu)
- 求 (qiú)
- 求思 (qiúsī) (literary)
- 熱衷 / 热衷 (rèzhōng)
- 營 / 营 (yíng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 牟取 (móuqǔ) (usually illegally)
- 獵取 / 猎取 (lièqǔ)
- 考究
- 覓 / 觅 (mì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 訪查 / 访查 (fǎngchá) (literary)
- 謀取 / 谋取 (móuqǔ)
- 謀求 / 谋求 (móuqiú)
- 講求 / 讲求 (jiǎngqiú)
- 講究 / 讲究 (jiǎngjiu)
- 追求 (zhuīqiú)
- 追逐 (zhuīzhú)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 探 | 求 |
| たん Grade: 6 |
きゅう Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
Verb
探求する • (tankyū suru) ←たんきう (tankiu)?transitive suru (stem 探求し (tankyū shi), past 探求した (tankyū shita))
- to search for
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 探求し | たんきゅうし | tankyū shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 探求し | たんきゅうし | tankyū shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 探求する | たんきゅうする | tankyū suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 探求する | たんきゅうする | tankyū suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 探求すれ | たんきゅうすれ | tankyū sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 探求せよ¹ 探求しろ² |
たんきゅうせよ¹ たんきゅうしろ² |
tankyū seyo¹ tankyū shiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 探求される | たんきゅうされる | tankyū sareru |
| Causative | 探求させる 探求さす |
たんきゅうさせる たんきゅうさす |
tankyū saseru tankyū sasu |
| Potential | 探求できる | たんきゅうできる | tankyū dekiru |
| Volitional | 探求しよう | たんきゅうしよう | tankyū shiyō |
| Negative | 探求しない | たんきゅうしない | tankyū shinai |
| Negative continuative | 探求せず | たんきゅうせず | tankyū sezu |
| Formal | 探求します | たんきゅうします | tankyū shimasu |
| Perfective | 探求した | たんきゅうした | tankyū shita |
| Conjunctive | 探求して | たんきゅうして | tankyū shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 探求すれば | たんきゅうすれば | tankyū sureba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- “探求”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 探 | 求 |
Noun
探求 • (tamgu) (hangeul 탐구)