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探聽

简探听 · 繁探聽

Mandarin · pinyin tàn tīng

to make inquiries
to try to find out
to pry

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探: tàn · find, locate; search, grope for
聽: tīng · hear, listen; understand; obey
听: tīng · hear; understand; obey, comply

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4–1 · tan4 ting1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

taam3 ting3

Cantonese word readings for 探聽. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to snoop around; to pry into; to make inquires about
(Teochew) to pay attention to

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