訪問

See also: 访问

Chinese

		inquire; seek; visit	to ask
trad. (訪問)		訪	問
simp. (访问)		访	问

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎngwèn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˇ ㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong² man⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fóng-mun

(Hailu, HRS): fong^ˊ mun^ˇ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng³ mong⁵ / horng³ muong⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hóng-būn / hóng-mn̄g / hóng-mūi

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang² mung⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎngwèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˇ ㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎngwùn
  - Wade–Giles: fang³-wên⁴
  - Yale: fǎng-wèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faangwenn
  - Palladius: фанвэнь (fanvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong² man⁶
  - Yale: fóng mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong² man⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong² men⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³⁵ mɐn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fóng-mun
  - Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˋ mun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fong³ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /foŋ³¹ mun⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˊ mun^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /foŋ²⁴⁻³³ mun¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: horng³ mong⁵ [Phonetic: horng² mong⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hô̤ng-meōng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ mɔŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: horng³ muong⁵ [Phonetic: horng² muong⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ³³²⁻²⁴ muoŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng-būn
  - Tâi-lô: hóng-būn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofngbun
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng-mn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: hóng-mn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofngmng
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng-mūi
  - Tâi-lô: hóng-muī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hofngmui
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muĩ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang² mung⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huáng mūng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ muŋ¹¹/

Verb

訪問

to visit (location or person); to call on
to interview
(Mainland China, computing) to visit; to access (website, network, database etc.)
訪問控制表／访问控制表 ― fǎngwèn kòngzhì biǎo ― access control list

Synonyms

(to visit; to call on):

edit

上門 / 上门 (shàngmén)
串 (literary, or in compounds)
串門 / 串门 (chuànmén) (colloquial)
串門子 / 串门子 (chuàn ménzi) (colloquial)
參訪 / 参访 (cānfǎng) (formal)
坐人家 (zo⁵ ren² ga) (Xiang)
坐尞 (Hakka)
拜望 (bàiwàng) (polite)
拜訪 / 拜访 (bàifǎng) (polite)
探問 / 探问 (tànwèn)
探望 (tànwàng)
探視 / 探视 (tànshì)
探親 / 探亲 (tànqīn) (to visit one's relatives or spouse)
探訪 / 探访 (tànfǎng)
登門 / 登门 (dēngmén)
看望 (kànwàng)
省親 / 省亲 (xǐngqīn) (literary, to visit one's parents or elders)
瞧 (qiáo) (colloquial)
走訪 / 走访 (zǒufǎng)
造訪 / 造访 (zàofǎng)
過 / 过

(to access): 存取 (cúnqǔ)

Derived terms

出訪 / 出访 (chūfǎng)
國事訪問 / 国事访问 (guóshì fǎngwèn)
訪問學者 / 访问学者 (fǎngwèn xuézhě)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
訪	問
ほう Grade: 6	もん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーもん [hòómóń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːmõ̞ɴ]

Noun

訪(ほう)問(もん) • (hōmon) ^{←はうもん (faumon)^?}

a visit

Derived terms

Verb

訪(ほう)問(もん)する • (hōmon suru) ^{←はうもん (faumon)^?}transitive suru (stem 訪(ほう)問(もん)し (hōmon shi), past 訪(ほう)問(もん)した (hōmon shita))

visit; to call (e.g. at someone's house)
- 2025 May 9, 生稲晃子, quotee, “第217回国会　衆議院　外務委員会　第11号　令和7年5月9日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館, retrieved 21 December 2025:
  この機会にまた東太平洋戦没者の碑を訪問しまして、献花も行ってまいりました。
  Kono kikai ni mata Higashi Taiheiyō senbotsu-sha no ishibumi o hōmon shi mashite, kenka mo okonatte mairi mashita.
  I also took this opportunity to visit the memorial to the war dead of the Eastern Pacific and lay flowers.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "訪問する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	訪問し	ほうもんし	hōmon shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	訪問し	ほうもんし	hōmon shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	訪問する	ほうもんする	hōmon suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	訪問する	ほうもんする	hōmon suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	訪問すれ	ほうもんすれ	hōmon sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	訪問せよ¹ 訪問しろ²	ほうもんせよ¹ ほうもんしろ²	hōmon seyo¹ hōmon shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	訪問される	ほうもんされる	hōmon sareru
Causative	訪問させる訪問さす	ほうもんさせるほうもんさす	hōmon saseru hōmon sasu
Potential	訪問できる	ほうもんできる	hōmon dekiru
Volitional	訪問しよう	ほうもんしよう	hōmon shiyō
Negative	訪問しない	ほうもんしない	hōmon shinai
Negative continuative	訪問せず	ほうもんせず	hōmon sezu
Formal	訪問します	ほうもんします	hōmon shimasu
Perfective	訪問した	ほうもんした	hōmon shita
Conjunctive	訪問して	ほうもんして	hōmon shite
Hypothetical conditional	訪問すれば	ほうもんすれば	hōmon sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“訪問”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
訪	問

Noun

訪問 • (bangmun) (hangeul 방문)

hanja form^? of 방문 (“visit”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
訪	問

Noun

訪問

chữ Hán form of phỏng vấn (“interview”)

Verb

訪問

chữ Hán form of phỏng vấn (“to interview”)

[DJR4-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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