No. 450 in Chinese
調查
Investigation or survey.
In a sentence
警方正在調查這起案件。
The police are investigating this case.
In this sentence, 調查 (investigate or investigate into) is used as a verb indicating the formal procedural action of conducting an investigation.
根據調查，市場需求逐漸增加。
According to the survey, market demand is gradually increasing.
Here, 調查 (survey or inquiry) serves as a noun, representing a systematic collection of data or assessments.
記者對此事件進行了深入調查。
The journalist conducted an in-depth investigation into this event.
In this example, 調查 is again used as a noun, describing the act of investigating or gathering information in detail.
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