咨問
Chinese
| consult | to ask | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (咨問) | 咨 | 問 | |
| simp. (咨问) | 咨 | 问 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zīwèn
- Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄨㄣˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zihwùn
- Wade–Giles: tzŭ1-wên4
- Yale: dz̄-wèn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzywenn
- Palladius: цзывэнь (czyvɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ wən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zi1 man6
- Yale: jī mahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi1 man6
- Guangdong Romanization: ji1 men6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ mɐn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
咨問
- (literary) to consult; to seek advice; to make enquiries
- (literary) to send one's regards; to ask how someone is; to show concern to someone
Synonyms
- (to consult):
- 了解 (liǎojiě)
- 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 / 讯 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 訊問 / 讯问 (xùnwèn)
- 詢問 / 询问 (xúnwèn)
- 諮詢 / 谘询 (zīxún)
- 質 / 质 (Cantonese, or literary, or in compounds)
- (to send one's regards):