責問

See also: 责问

Chinese

		duty; responsibility; to reproach duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame	to ask
trad. (責問)		責	問
simp. (责问)		责	问
anagram		問責／问责

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zéwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak³ man⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chit-būn / chek-būn / chit-mn̄g / chek-mn̄g / chek-mūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zéwèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zéwùn
    • Wade–Giles: tsê²-wên⁴
    • Yale: dzé-wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzerwenn
    • Palladius: цзэвэнь (czɛvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵ wən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaak³ man⁶
    • Yale: jaak mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁸ man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zag³ men⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːk̚³ mɐn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-būn
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citbun
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-būn
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zekbun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ bun²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-mn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-mn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citmng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ mŋ̍⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-mn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-mn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zekmng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-mūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-muī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zekmui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ muĩ²²/

Verb

責問

1. to call to account; to hold to account; to take to task

Synonyms

• (literary, or in compounds) 問／问 (wèn)

Related terms

• 質問／质问 (zhìwèn)
• 追問／追问 (zhuīwèn)