I'm a detective.
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侦探
Traditional: 偵探
zhēn tàn
HSK 2.0 · 6
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zhēn tàn · zing1 taam3 (Jyutping)
- detective
- to do detective work
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Character breakdown
侦
- Meaning
- spy, reconnoiter; detective
- Radical
- 亻
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- ⿰亻贞
- Cangjie
- OYBO
- Four-corner
- 2128
探
- Meaning
- find, locate; search, grope for
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- ⿰扌⿱？木
- Cangjie
- QBCD
- Four-corner
- 5709.4
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Example sentences
She described him as a detective.
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