考察團

Chinese

		to go to the scene to observe; to conduct an on-the-spot investigation; to inspect	regiment; round; circular regiment; round; circular; group; society
trad. (考察團)		考察	團
simp. (考察团)		考察	团

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǎochátuán

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄊㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau² caat³ tyun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó-chhat-thoân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǎochátuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄊㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǎochátuán
  - Wade–Giles: kʻao³-chʻa²-tʻuan²
  - Yale: kǎu-chá-twán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaochartwan
  - Palladius: каочатуань (kaočatuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ tʰu̯än³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau² caat³ tyun⁴
  - Yale: háau chaat tyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau² tsaat⁸ tyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hao² cad³ tün⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰaːt̚³ tʰyːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-chhat-thoân
  - Tâi-lô: khó-tshat-thuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoyzhattoaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁴ tʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁵ tʰuan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁴ tʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²⁻⁴ tʰuan²³/

Noun

考察團

commission of inquiry; investigation group; observation group
- 外來的考察團先生們在他們集合了各種材料，加上他們「想了一想」之後，他們就能夠作出「共產黨的抗日民族統一戰線的政策是徹底的、誠懇的和真實的」這樣一個判斷了。 [MSC, trad.]
  外来的考察团先生们在他们集合了各种材料，加上他们「想了一想」之后，他们就能够作出「共产党的抗日民族统一战线的政策是彻底的、诚恳的和真实的」这样一个判断了。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Wàilái de kǎochátuán xiānshengmen zài tāmen jíhé le gèzhǒng cáiliào, jiāshàng tāmen “xiǎng le yi xiǎng” zhīhòu, tāmen jiù nénggòu zuòchū “Gòngchǎndǎng de kàngrì mínzú tǒngyī zhànxiàn de zhèngcè shì chèdǐ de, chéngkěn de hé zhēnshí de” zhèyàng yīge pànduàn le. [Pinyin]
  When the members of the observation group have collected various data and, what is more, have “thought them over”, they are able to arrive at the judgement that “the Communist Party's policy of the National United Front Against Japan is thorough, sincere and genuine”.