詢問

See also: 询问

Chinese

	inquire	to ask
trad. (詢問)	詢	問
simp. (询问)	询	问
anagram	問詢／问询

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xúnwèn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon¹ man⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sûn-būn / sûn-mn̄g / sun-būn

(Teochew, Peng'im): sung⁵ mung⁷

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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    尋問 / 寻问
    詢問 / 询问
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
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²⁴⁻²² bun⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sun²⁴⁻²² bun²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴⁻¹¹ bun³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³⁻²² bun²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³⁻³³ bun³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn-mn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: sûn-mn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sunmng
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sun-būn
  - Tâi-lô: sun-būn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sunbun
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sun⁴⁴⁻²² bun²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sung⁵ mung⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûng mūng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ muŋ¹¹/

Verb

詢問

(transitive, ditransitive) to query; to ask about

Synonyms

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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 / 讯 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds)
訊問 / 讯问 (xùnwèn)
諮詢 / 谘询 (zīxún)
質 / 质 (Cantonese, or literary, or in compounds)