密探

Chinese

		secret; confidential; close secret; confidential; close; thick; dense	to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit
trad. (密探)		密	探
simp. #(密探)		密	探

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mìtàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ taam³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bi̍t-thàm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mìtàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mìtàn
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴-tʻan⁴
    • Yale: mì-tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihtann
    • Palladius: митань (mitanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ taam³
    • Yale: maht taam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ taam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ tam³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² tʰaːm³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t-thàm
    • Tâi-lô: bi̍t-thàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bidtaxm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bit̚²⁴⁻² tʰam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bit̚⁴⁻³² tʰam²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰam²¹/

Noun

密探

1. secret agent; spy

Synonyms

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• 暗差 (⁵oe-tsha) (Wu, dated)
• 特務 / 特务 (tèwù)
• 間諜 / 间谍 (jiàndié)