侦探

偵探
zhēntàn
  1. detective
  2. to do detective work

CEDICT

  1. detective
  2. to do detective work

Wiktionary

  1. 暗中探察。
  2. 暗中探察祕密事项、犯罪事实，或敌方的政治、军事、经济等各种情报的人。

重編國語辭典

  1. 侦缉、探查某件事
  2. 负责调查桉件的职业或工作

維基詞典

Examples

两个侦探跟着嫌疑人。

Two detectives followed the suspect.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 侦 zhēn
  1. to scout
  2. to spy
  3. to detect
=1 侦 zhēn old variant of 侦 zhēn
2 探 tàn
  1. to explore
  2. to search out
  3. to scout
  4. to visit
  5. to stretch forward

Containing this entry

侦探片 zhēntànpiàn
私人侦探 sīrénzhēntàn
私家侦探 sījiāzhēntàn
侦探小说 zhēntànxiǎoshuō

Related entries

侦察员 zhēncháyuán
  1. detective
  2. investigator
  3. scout
  4. spy
包探 bāotàn detective (in former times)
探员 tànyuán
  1. detective
  2. investigator
  3. agent
探长 tànzhǎng (police) detective
密探 mìtàn
  1. secret agent
  2. detective
  3. covert investigator
暗探 àntàn
  1. secret agent
  2. detective
探子 tànzi
  1. intelligence gatherer
  2. spy
  3. detective
  4. scout
  5. sound (medical instrument)
  6. long and narrow probing and sampling utensil