| tàn | to explore/to search out/to scout/to visit/to stretch forward |
| 探 | to explore to search out to scout |
| 探井 | test pit exploratory shaft test well (mineralogy) |
| 探亲 | to go home to visit one's family |
| 探亲假 | home leave |
| 探伤 | to inspect for damage flaw detection metal crack detection |
| 探伤仪 | defectoscope; flaw detector; crack detector; fault indicator |
| 探伤器 | metal crack detector |
| 探信 | make inquiries about; fish for information |
| 探出 | nose; smell; trace |
| 探勘 | prospecting exploration a survey |
| 探区 | exploratory area |
| 探友 | to visit friends |
| 探口气 | to sound out opinions to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning also written 探口風|探口风 |
| 探口风 | to sound out opinions to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning |
| 探向 | direction-finding |
| 探向器 | movable bearing plate; direction finder; directionfinder |
| 探听 | to make inquiries to try to find out to pry |
| 探囊取物 | to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie in the bag |
| 探头 | to extend one's head (out or into) a probe detector |
| 探头探脑 | to stick one's head out and look around (idiom) |