問斬

Chinese

		to ask	behead; chop
trad. (問斬)		問	斬
simp. (问斩)		问	斩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wènzhǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ ㄓㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ zaam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wènzhǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄓㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùnjhǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wên⁴-chan³
    • Yale: wèn-jǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennjaan
    • Palladius: вэньчжань (vɛnʹčžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁶ zaam²
    • Yale: mahn jáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ dzaam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ zam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² t͡saːm³⁵/

Verb

問斬

1. (literary, historical) to sentence to death by beheading