zhēn​tàn

detective

侦探 (偵探) zhēn​tàn
detective noun
a person whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes

He is an experienced private detective.

investigate verb
to perform detective work or scout for information

They sent someone to scout out the enemy's strength.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
55.7 per million appears in 11% of films
Written text
3.98 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT