侦探

zhēntàn

detective; to do detective work

Traditional 偵探

HSK 2.0 · Level 6 nounverb / noun

Meaning

zhēntàn zhen1 tan4

detective
to do detective work

Example sentences

tā 他 tūrán 突然 xǐhuan 喜欢 shàng 上 le 了 zhēntàn 侦探 xiǎoshuō 小说。

He suddenly took a liking to detective stories.
tā 他 ǒuěr 偶尔 huì 会 yuèdú 阅读 yīxiē 一些 zhēntàn 侦探 xiǎoshuō 小说。

He occasionally reads detective novels.
zhè 这 běn 本 zhēntàn 侦探 xiǎoshuō 小说 wǒ 我 cái 才 kàndào 看到 yībàn 一半。

I am halfway through this detective story.
fùqīn 父亲 chángcháng 常常 zài 在 kòngxián 空闲 shíjiān 时间 dú 读 zhēntàn 侦探 xiǎoshuō 小说。

Father would often read detective stories in his spare time.

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