Chinese symbol for “searchlight”
探照灯
tàn zhào dēng
Traditional: 探照燈
searchlight
The closest CC-CEDICT match for searchlight is 探照灯 (tàn zhào dēng), defined as: searchlight.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 探照灯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 探索 | tàn suǒ | to explore; to probe |
| 探讨 (探討) | tàn tǎo | to investigate; to probe |
| 侦探 (偵探) | zhēn tàn | detective; to do detective work |
| 探测 (探測) | tàn cè | to probe; to survey |
| 探险 (探險) | tàn xiǎn | to explore; to go on an expedition |
| 探究 | tàn jiū | to investigate; to delve |
| 照片 | zhào piàn | photograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú) |
| 按照 | àn zhào | according to; in accordance with; on the basis of |
| 灯光 (燈光) | dēng guāng | (stage) lighting; light |
See also: Japanese symbol for “searchlight”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.