taam3 on3探案
Jyutpingtaam3 on3
Yaletaam on
Definition
To investigate a criminal case, or a detective story detailing such an investigation.
- to investigate a criminal case
- a detective story or case
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the act of investigating a crime or the genre of detective fiction. While it sounds professional in a literary context, it is often used in casual conversation to describe someone acting like a detective or obsessively trying to uncover a secret.
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Do not confuse this with 探病, which means to visit a sick person in the hospital. The character 探 is shared, but the context of investigating a mystery is completely different from visiting a patient.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
