詢問

See also: 询问

Chinese

		inquire	to ask
trad. (詢問)		詢	問
simp. (询问)		询	问

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon¹ man⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sûn-būn / sûn-mn̄g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sung⁵ mung⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnwèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnwùn
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-wên⁴
    • Yale: syún-wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunwenn
    • Palladius: сюньвэнь (sjunʹvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ wən⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon¹ man⁶
    • Yale: sēun mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹ man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên¹ men⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵ mɐn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn-būn
    • Tâi-lô: sûn-būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sunbun
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²⁴⁻²² bun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²⁴⁻²² bun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴⁻¹¹ bun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³⁻²² bun²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³⁻³³ bun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn-mn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: sûn-mn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sunmng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sung⁵ mung⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûng mūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ muŋ¹¹/

Verb

詢問

1. (transitive, ditransitive) to query; to ask about

Synonyms

• 了解 (liǎojiě)
• 咨問／咨问 (zīwèn) (literary)
• 問／问 (wèn)
• 問訊／问讯 (wènxùn)
• 問話／问话 (wènhuà) (of superiors or elders)
• 打聽／打听 (dǎtīng)
• 扣問／扣问 (kòuwèn) (literary)
• 探問／探问 (tànwèn)
• 探詢／探询 (tànxún)
• 查問／查问 (cháwèn)
• 查詢／查询 (cháxún)
• 訊問／讯问 (xùnwèn)
• 諮詢／谘询 (zīxún)
• 質／质 (Cantonese, or literary, or in compounds)

 

See also

• 質詢／质询 (zhìxún)
• 質疑／质疑 (zhìyí)