kān tàn

HSK 7–9

勘探 (kān tàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to explore; to survey; to prospect (for oil etc)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to explore
  2. 2to survey
  3. 3to prospect (for oil etc)
  4. 4prospecting
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 勘探

勘kān · to investigate探tàn · to explore

Related words

探to explore侦探detective探长(police) detective探索to explore; to probe探险to explore探戈tango (dance) (loanword)探望to visit探测器detector; probe探测to probe; to survey密探secret agent探访to seek by inquiry or search探视to visit (a patient, prisoner etc)

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