| 探险家 | tàn xiǎn jiā | explorer |  |
| 探险者 | tàn xiǎn zhě | explorer | |
| 档案总管 | dàng àn zǒng guǎn | file manager (computing) / (Windows) Explorer | |
| 郑和 | Zhèng Hé | Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer | |
| 张骞 | Zhāng Qiān | Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC | |
| 麦哲伦 | Mài zhé lún | Magellan (1480-1521), Portuguese explorer | |
| 库克 | Kù kè | Cook (name) / Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer | |
| 马可波罗 | Mǎ kě Bō luó | Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo) | |
| 普氏 | Pǔ shì | Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基 / (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870 | |
| 库克船长 | Kù kè chuán zhǎng | Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer | |
| 斯坦因 | Sī tǎn yīn | Stein (name) / Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), British adventurer and archaeologist who explorer Xinjiang in early 20th century | |
| 普尔热瓦尔斯基 | Pǔ ěr rè wǎ ěr sī jī | Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870 / abbr. to 普氏 | |
| 李希霍芬 | Lǐ xī huò fēn | Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路 | |
| 里希特霍芬 | Lǐ xī tè huò fēn | Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路 | |
| 凤凰号 | Fèng huáng Hào | Phoenix, NASA Mars explorer | |
| 应用探测器 | | Applications Explorer Mission | |
| 高层大气物理学探测卫星 | gāo céng dài qì wù lǐ xué tàn cè wèi xīng | Aeronomy Explorer | |
| 国际太阳地球探测卫星 | | International Sun Earth Explorer | |
| 探险家海脊 | tàn xiǎn jiā hǎi jǐ | Explorer ridge | |
| 因特网探索器 | | Internet Explorer | |
| 射电天文学探索者卫星 | shè diàn tiān wén xué tàn suǒ zhě wèi xīng | radio astronomy Explorer | |
| 宇宙本底勘探者 | | Cosmic Background Explorer | |
| 国际紫外探险号 | | International Ultraviolet Explorer | |
| 大气探测号卫星 | | Atmospheric Explorer | |
| 直接测量勘探者 | | Direct Measurement Explorer | |
| 远紫外分光探索者 | | Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer | |
| 空气密度勘探者 | | Air Density Explorer | |
| 电离层探测卫星 | | Ionosphere Explorer | |
| 主动磁层粒子示踪探测器 | | Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorer | |
| 国际磁层探测卫星 | | International Magnetospheric Explorer | |
| 亨利・哈德逊 | Hēng lì · Hā dé xùn | Henry Hudson (?-1611?), English explorer and navigator | |
| 亨利·哈德逊 | Hēng lì · Hā dé xùn | Henry Hudson (?-1611?), English explorer and navigator | |
| 大卫·尼尔 | Dà wèi · Ní ěr | Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969), Belgian-French explorer and writer who traveled in Tibet in the 1920s | |
