# 探索
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tànsuǒ
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): taam$^3$ sok$^3$ / taam$^3$ saak$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thàm-sok / thàm-soh / thàm-sak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tam$^3$ sog$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tànsuǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tànsuǒ
*** Wade–Giles: tʻan$^4$-so$^3$
*** Yale: tàn-swǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannsuoo
*** Palladius: таньсо (tanʹso)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰän⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: taam$^3$ sok$^3$ / taam$^3$ saak$^3$
*** Yale: taam sok / taam saak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: taam$^3$ sok$^8$ / taam$^3$ saak$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tam$^3$ sog$^3$ / tam$^3$ sag$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaːm³³ sɔːk̚³/, /tʰaːm³³ saːk̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-sok
*** Tâi-lô: thàm-sok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tarmsog
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɔk̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-soh
*** Tâi-lô: thàm-soh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tarmsoiq
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ sɤʔ³²/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ soʔ³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ soʔ³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-sak
*** Tâi-lô: thàm-sak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tarmsag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sak̚⁵/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tam$^3$ sog$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thàm sok
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰam²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sok̚²/

### Verb

探索
* to explore; to probe
    探索宇宙的奧秘／探索宇宙的奥秘 ― tànsuǒ yǔzhòu de àomì ― to explore the mysteries of the universe
    探索太空 ― tànsuǒ tàikōng ― to explore outer space
    初步探索 ― chūbù tànsuǒ ― tentative exploration
* (literary) to search; to raid (in order to find evidence)

#### Synonyms

* (to explore): 探究 (tànjiū)
* (to search):
* 尋找／寻找 (xúnzhǎo)
* 尋查／寻查 (xúnchá)
* 尋索／寻索 (xúnsuǒ)
* 尋覓／寻觅 (xúnmì)
* 找 (zhǎo)
* 找尋／找寻 (zhǎoxún)
* 抄身 (chāoshēn) (to frisk)
* 探尋／探寻 (tànxún)
* 搜 (sōu)
* 搜尋／搜寻 (sōuxún)
* 搜查 (sōuchá) (in order to find evidence)
* 搜索 (sōusuǒ)
* 搜身 (sōushēn) (to frisk)
* 搵／揾
* 摸索 (mōsuǒ)
* 查尋／查寻 (cháxún)
* 查找 (cházhǎo)
* 檢索／检索 (jiǎnsuǒ) (to look up)
* 緝查／缉查 (jīchá) (in order to find evidence)
* 追尋／追寻 (zhuīxún)
* 追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)

#### Derived terms

* 太空探索 (tàikōng tànsuǒ)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 探索(たんさく) (tansaku)
* → Korean: 탐색(探索) (tamsaek)

#### See also

* 探風／探风 (tànfēng)
* 探討／探讨 (tàntǎo)
* 探險／探险 (tànxiǎn)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 探 | 索 |
| たん Grade: 6 | さく Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たんさく [tàńsákú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [tã̠ɰ̃sa̠kɯ̟]

### Noun

探(たん)索(さく) • (tansaku)
* search, lookup, exploration, hunt
* (computer science) search

### Verb

探(たん)索(さく)する • (tansaku suru) transitive suru (stem 探(たん)索(さく)し (tansaku shi), past 探(たん)索(さく)した (tansaku shita))
* search, look up

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 探索し | たんさくし | tansaku shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 探索し | たんさくし | tansaku shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 探索する | たんさくする | tansaku suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 探索する | たんさくする | tansaku suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 探索すれ | たんさくすれ | tansaku sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 探索せよ¹ 探索しろ² | たんさくせよ¹ たんさくしろ² | tansaku seyo¹ tansaku shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 探索される | たんさくされる | tansaku sareru |
| Causative | 探索させる 探索さす | たんさくさせる たんさくさす | tansaku saseru tansaku sasu |
| Potential | 探索できる | たんさくできる | tansaku dekiru |
| Volitional | 探索しよう | たんさくしよう | tansaku shiyō |
| Negative | 探索しない | たんさくしない | tansaku shinai |
| Negative continuative | 探索せず | たんさくせず | tansaku sezu |
| Formal | 探索します | たんさくします | tansaku shimasu |
| Perfective | 探索した | たんさくした | tansaku shita |
| Conjunctive | 探索して | たんさくして | tansaku shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 探索すれば | たんさくすれば | tansaku sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 探 | 索 |

### Noun

探索 • (tamsaek) (hangeul 탐색)
* hanja form of 탐색