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勘查

to survey

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

kan1cha2 • kānchá

Meaning

Primary

to survey

Alternatives

survey, surveys, surveying, surveyed

Mnemonic

勘查 To survey is 勘 to survey a piece of land in order 查 to investigate how large it is or what it contains.

Usage

專家 被 派去 勘查 當地 的 地質。

Experts were sent to survey the local geology.

他們 勘查 了 靠近 海邊 的 土地。

They surveyed the land next to the sea.

這 家 公司 從事 油田 勘查 工作。

This company is engaged in oil field surveying.