包探

bāotàn
detective (in former times)

CEDICT

  1. (obsolete) detective
  2. detective

Wiktionary

舊時租界中捕房裡查訪案情的人。後泛指消息靈通、善探穩私的人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 包 bāo
  1. to cover
  2. to wrap
  3. to hold
  4. to include
  5. to take charge of
  6. to contract (to or for)
  7. package
  8. wrapper
  9. container
  10. bag
  11. to hold or embrace
  12. bundle
  13. packet

classifiers: 個, 隻
2 探 tàn
  1. to explore
  2. to search out
  3. to scout
  4. to visit
  5. to stretch forward

Related entries

偵察員 zhēncháyuán
  1. detective
  2. investigator
  3. scout
  4. spy
偵探 zhēntàn
  1. detective
  2. to do detective work
两个侦探跟着嫌疑人。

Two detectives followed the suspect.

Source: Tatoeba

探員 tànyuán
  1. detective
  2. investigator
  3. agent
探長 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