探子 tànzi scout Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents tànzi scout 探 tàn noun detective (bound form) a person who gathers intelligence or investigates; a spy; a detective子 zi affix noun suffix [suffix] used to form nouns from noun, verb, or adjective rootstànzi probe 探 tàn verbadjective to probe to test; to sound out; to probe (someone's opinion, water temperature, etc.)子 zi affix noun suffix [suffix] used to form nouns from noun, verb, or adjective roots