| 1 | 探索 | 探索 | tàn suǒ | tan4 suo3 | to explore; to probe | | |
| 2 | 探讨 | 探討 | tàn tǎo | tan4 tao3 | to investigate; to probe | | |
| 3 | 探 | 探 | tàn | tan4 | to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward | | |
| 4 | 探测器 | 探測器 | tàn cè qì | tan4 ce4 qi4 | detector; probe; craft | | |
| 5 | 勘探 | 勘探 | kān tàn | kan1 tan4 | to explore; to survey; to prospect (for oil etc); prospecting | | |
| 6 | 探测 | 探測 | tàn cè | tan4 ce4 | to probe; to take readings; to explore; exploration | | |
| 7 | 探求 | 探求 | tàn qiú | tan4 qiu2 | to seek; to pursue; to investigate | | |
| 8 | 试探 | 試探 | shì tàn | shi4 tan4 | to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out | | |
| 9 | 探亲 | 探親 | tàn qīn | tan4 qin1 | to go home to visit one's family | | |
| 10 | 侦探 | 偵探 | zhēn tàn | zhen1 tan4 | detective; to do detective work | | |
| 11 | 探明 | 探明 | tàn míng | tan4 ming2 | to ascertain; to verify | | |
| 12 | 探望 | 探望 | tàn wàng | tan4 wang4 | to visit; to call on sb; to look around | | |
| 13 | 探究 | 探究 | tàn jiū | tan4 jiu1 | to investigate; to delve; to probe; to enquire into; to look into | | |
| 14 | 探险 | 探險 | tàn xiǎn | tan4 xian3 | to explore; to go on an expedition; adventure | | |
| 15 | 巴头探脑 | 巴頭探腦 | bā tóu tàn nǎo | ba1 tou2 tan4 nao3 | to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy; nosy | | |
| 16 | 刺探 | 刺探 | cì tàn | ci4 tan4 | to pry into; to spy on; to probe into | | |
| 17 | 试探性 | 試探性 | shì tàn xìng | shi4 tan4 xing4 | Probability | | |
| 18 | 神探 | 神探 | shén tàn | shen2 tan4 | master sleuth; lit. miraculous detective; cf Sherlock Holmes 福尔摩斯 | | |
| 19 | 坐探 | 坐探 | zuò tàn | zuo4 tan4 | inside informer; mole; plant | | |
| 20 | 陆探微 | 陸探微 | lù tàn wēi | Lu4 Tan4 wei1 | Lu Tanwei (active c. 450-490), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties 六朝四大家 | | |
| 21 | 查探 | 查探 | chá tàn | cha2 tan4 | to check; to investigate; to probe (into) | | |
| 22 | 警探 | 警探 | jǐng tàn | jing3 tan4 | police detective | | |
| 23 | 金属探伤 | 金屬探傷 | jīn shǔ tàn shāng | jin1 shu3 tan4 shang1 | metal crack detection | | |
| 24 | 伽利略探测器 | 伽利略探測器 | jiā lì lüè tàn cè qì | Jia1 li4 lu:e4 tan4 ce4 qi4 | Galileo probe | | |
| 25 | 电子探针 | 電子探針 | diàn zǐ tàn zhēn | dian4 zi3 tan4 zhen1 | electronic probe; Classifiers: 根 [gen1] | | |