探望

• 拼音: tàn wàng
• 汉字拆解: 探 = 扌+ 罙; 望 = 亡 + 月 + 王 (to gaze into the distance)

含义

To visit; to call on; to go see. Visiting someone, especially the sick, elderly, or distant.

A polite, slightly formal term for visiting someone, typically those who are ill, elderly, or whom one hasn't seen in a while. More purposeful than a casual drop-by. Often involves bringing gifts.

例句

1. 听说老师住院了，我们打算周末去探望她。
2. 每逢节日，他都会去养老院探望那些孤寡老人。
3. 好朋友从国外回来，我专程去机场探望。

用法指南

语境: hospital visits, elderly care, formal visits

语气: caring

正确说法

• 我去医院探望朋友。(I'm going to visit my friend in the hospital.)
• 谢谢你来探望我。(Thank you for coming to see me.)

错误说法

• 把日常闲逛说成'探望' (探望 implies purposeful visiting of specific people — for casual hanging out, use 串门)

起源与历史

探 means to visit or probe, 望 means to look toward or hope. Together: to visit and see.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal