勘察 (kān chá) — to survey, to reconnoiter (a site or area)

Definition

Examples

• 地质队正在这片山区进行勘察。
  Dì zhì duì zhèng zài zhè piàn shān qū jìn xíng kān chá.
  The geological team is surveying this mountainous area.
• 他们勘察了三天才找到合适的水源地。
  Tā men kān chá le sān tiān cái zhǎo dào hé shì de shuǐ yuán dì.
  It took them three days of surveying to find a suitable water source.
• 施工前必须仔细勘察地基的稳定性。
  Shī gōng qián bì xū zǐ xì kān chá dì jī de wěn dìng xìng.
  Before construction, one must carefully survey the stability of the foundation.