探[tàn]

动

1. try to find out; explore; sound

♦ ~情况 try to find out how the situation is

♦ 他用竹竿~了~河水的深浅。 He used a bamboo pole to sound the river.

2. visit; pay a call on

♦ 探视

3. stretch forward

♦ 探身

名scout; spy; detective

♦ 密探