借问 (借問) jièwèn

1. jièwèn noun [polite] May I ask?
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 请问 (CC-CEDICT '借問'; Guoyu '借問' 2; Mathews 1931 '借問', p. 103)
2. jièwèn verb to inquire; to ask
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 询问 (Guoyu '借問' 2)
3. jièwèn phrase suppose one was to ask
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Especially, in a poem (Guoyu '借問' 3)

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
• 卷之二　詩 Scroll 2: Lyric Poetry Tao Yuanming Collected Poems 陶淵明集 — count: 2
• 卷二十一 Scroll 21 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
• 卷二十七 Scroll 27 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
• 卷三十 Scroll 30 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
• 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
• 卷五十五　列傳第四十五 王茂 曹景宗 席闡文 夏侯詳 士瞻 蔡道恭 楊公則 鄧元起 張惠紹 馮道根 康絢 昌義之 Volume 55 Biographies 45: Wang Mao, Cao Jingzong, Xi Chanwen, Xiao Houxiang, Shi Zhan, Cai Daogong, Yan Gongze, Deng Yuanqi, Zhang Huishao, Feng Daogen, Kang Xuan, Chang Yizhi History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
• 卷八十四 列傳第三十四: 劉仁軌 郝處俊 裴行儉 Volume 84 Biographies 34: Liu Rengui, Hao Chujun, Pei Xingjian Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
• 第三回 Chapter 3 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 98 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1

Collocations

• 借问歎 (借問歎) 借問歎者誰 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷二十一 志第十一 樂三 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Music 3 — count: 3