查明

chá míng · cha ming

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to investigate and find out
  2. to ascertain

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)必(bì)须(xū)查(chá)明(míng)汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)在(zài)哪(nǎ)里(lǐ)。

We have to find out where Tom is.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

警(jǐng)方(fāng)正(zhèng)在(zài)查(chá)明(míng)事(shì)故(gù)的(de)原(yuán)因(yīn)。

The police are investigating the cause of the accident.

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