探望 (tàn wàng) — to visit (someone, especially someone ill or elderly)
Definition
探望 is to visit a person (often sick or elderly), with a caring, deliberate tone — similar to 看望 but slightly more formal, and unlike 参观, it always targets a person, not a place.
verb
to visit (someone, especially someone ill or elderly)
Examples
- 探望。Wǒ míng tiān qù yī yuàn tàn wàng yí wèi lǎo péng you.I'm going to the hospital tomorrow to visit an old friend.
- 探望。Měi nián chūn jié wǒ men dōu huì huí lǎo jiā tàn wàng zhǎng bèi.Every Spring Festival we go back to our hometown to visit the elders.
- 探望。Tā zhuān chéng cóng běi jīng fēi lái tàn wàng shēng bìng de mǔ qīn.She flew all the way from Beijing to visit her sick mother.
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