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侦探

zhēn tàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 偵探

侦探 (zhēn tàn) means "detective; to do detective work". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 侦探 means

1. detective
2. to do detective work

The characters in 侦探

• 侦zhēnto scout; to spy; to detect
• 探tànto explore; to search out; to scout

Example sentences

• 我是个侦探。
  Wǒ shì gè zhēntàn.
  I'm a detective.
• 她把他形容为侦探。
  Tā bǎ tā xíngróng wéi zhēntàn.
  She described him as a detective.
• 两个侦探跟着嫌疑人。
  Liǎng gè zhēntàn gēnzhe xiányírén.
  Two detectives followed the suspect.
• 他突然喜欢上了侦探小说。
  He suddenly took a liking to detective stories.
• 这本侦探小说我才看到一半。
  I am halfway through this detective story.
• 他偶尔会阅读一些侦探小说。
  He occasionally reads detective novels.

Where 侦探 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhào–zhù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhēn tàn correctly.
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