暗探

àntàn
  1. secret agent
  2. detective

CEDICT

  1. spy; detective; secret agent
  2. to spy; to investigate in secret

Wiktionary

  1. 暗中刺探。
  2. 从事祕密侦探工作的人。

重編國語辭典

  1. 从事秘密侦察的人（多含贬义）。
  2. 暗中刺探。例：~军机。

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 暗 àn variant of 暗 àn
=1 暗 àn
  1. dark
  2. to turn dark
  3. secret; hidden
  4. (literary) confused; ignorant
=1 暗 àn
  1. (literary) to close (a door)
  2. to eclipse
  3. confused; ignorant (variant of 暗 àn)
  4. dark (variant of 暗 àn)
2 探 tàn
  1. to explore
  2. to search out
  3. to scout
  4. to visit
  5. to stretch forward

Related entries

密探 mìtàn
  1. secret agent
  2. detective
  3. covert investigator
侦察员 zhēncháyuán
  1. detective
  2. investigator
  3. scout
  4. spy
侦探 zhēntàn
  1. detective
  2. to do detective work
两个侦探跟着嫌疑人。

Two detectives followed the suspect.

Source: Tatoeba

包探 bāotàn detective (in former times)
探员 tànyuán
  1. detective
  2. investigator
  3. agent
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