make inquiries ⇒ 查访民情 cháfǎng mínqíng → sound out public feeling
访问
visit
走访
interview
造访
visit
采访
interview ⇒ 记者采访了一位著名作家。 Jìzhě cǎifǎngle yī wèi zhùmíng zuòjiā. → The reporter interviewed a famous writer. ⇒ 她已经做了十几年的新闻采访工作。 Tā yǐjīng zuòle shíjǐ nián de xīnwén cǎifǎng gōngzuò. → She has already been working in investigative journalism for over ten years.