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勘探

kān tàn

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

勘探 (kān tàn) means "to explore; to survey; to prospect (for oil etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 勘探 means

1. to explore
2. to survey
3. to prospect (for oil etc)
4. prospecting

The characters in 勘探

• 勘kānto investigate; to survey; to collate
• 探tànto explore; to search out; to scout

Where 勘探 is taught

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

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