查勘

chákān

verb

Meanings

1 to investigate
2 to survey / inspect (a site)

Characters

to check / investigate

to investigate / survey

Examples

HSK 3

查勘员很快就到了事故现场。

Chákān yuán hěnkuài jiù dào le shìgù xiànchǎng.

The inspector arrived at the accident scene quickly.

HSK 5

工程师去查勘地形。

Gōngchéngshī qù chákān dìxíng.

The engineer went to survey the terrain.

Tips

usage

In car insurance 查勘 is the on-site inspection that follows a claim report - the 查勘员 photographs damage and interviews drivers before 定损 (damage appraisal). Also used for geological / engineering surveys.

Stroke Order

查 chá

勘 kān