HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

侦探

zhēntàn

Traditional: 偵探

to do detective work

HSK 7–9

Meaning of 侦探 in English

zhēntànHSK 7–9verb, nounSyllabus #10616
  1. to do detective work
  2. detective

Example sentences

  1. 两个侦探跟着嫌疑人。
    liǎng gè zhēn tàn gēn zhe xián yí rén。
    Two detectives followed the suspect.
    Tatoeba #334839 by fucongcong · #280887 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 我是个侦探。
    wǒ shì gè zhēn tàn。
    I'm a detective.
    Tatoeba #7774795 by jiangche · #2247888 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 她把他形容为侦探。
    tā bǎ tā xíng róng wèi zhēn tàn。
    She described him as a detective.
    Tatoeba #8589134 by easononizuka · #316516 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences