问 (問) wèn
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wèn
verb
to ask
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Used in this sense (询问) in both modern and literary Chinese (ABC '问' v 1; Ci Yuan '問' 1; CED '问' 1; GHC '问' 1; Kroll 2015 '問' 1, p. 477; NCCED '问' 1) -
wèn
verb
to inquire after
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 问候 (ABC '问' v 2; CED '问' 2; Ci Yuan '問' 4; Kroll 2015 '問' 2, p. 477; GHC '问' 2; NCCED '问' 2) -
wèn
verb
to interrogate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 审问 (ABC '问' v 3; CED '问' 3; Kroll 2015 '問' 1b, p. 477; GHC '问' 3; NCCED '问' 3) -
wèn
verb
to hold responsible
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC '问' v 4; CED '问' 4; NCCED '问' 4) -
wèn
verb
to request something
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC '问' v 5; CED '问' 5; Kroll 2015 '問' 1a, p. 477) -
wèn
verb
to rebuke
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '問' 1c) -
wèn
verb
to send an official mission bearing gifts
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 聘问 (Ci Yuan '問' 3; Kroll 2015 '問' 3, p. 477; GHC '问' 1) -
wèn
noun
news
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Ci Yuan '問' 7; Kroll 2015 '問' 4, p. 477; NCCED '问' 8) -
wèn
verb
to propose marriage
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '問' 5, p. 477) -
wén
verb
to inform
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 闻 (Ci Yuan '問' 8; Kroll 2015 '問' 6, p. 477; GHC '问' 7, 8) -
wèn
verb
to research
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 研究 (GHC '问' 5) -
wèn
proper noun
Wen
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (GHC '问' 11) -
wèn
preposition
to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 向 (GHC '问' 9; NCCED '问' 7) -
wèn
noun
a question
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '问' 9)
Contained in
- 问题(問題) a question ; a problem
- 有学问(有學問) erudite; learned; informed; scholarly
- 明知故问(明知故問) to ask a question, already knowing the answer
- 询问台(詢問台) information desk
- 问责性(問責性) accountability
- 问心无愧(問心無愧) look into one's heart, no shame; with a clear conscience
- 劳问(勞問) ask after his health
- 具体问题(具體問題) concrete issue
- 设问(設問) a hypothetical question
- 访亲问友(訪親問友) to visit friends and relations
- 问政(問政) to participate in politics
- 问诊(問診) interrogation
- 普通问题(普通問題) common questions; general questions
- 经济问题(經濟問題) economic problem
- 思想问题(思想問題) ideological issue
- 逼问(逼問) to question intensely; to interrogate; to demand information
- 问责(問責) to hold accountable; to blame; to censure; to apportion blame
- 没问题(沒問題) no problem
- 扪心自问(捫心自問) to ask oneself honestly; to search in one's heart
- 不闻不问(不聞不問) not to hear, not to question; to show no interest in something; uncritical; not in the least concerned
- 反诘问(反詰問) to cross-examine
- 问卜(問卜) to divine
- 求田问舍(求田問舍) to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate; to have no lofty aspirations in life
- 质问(質問) to question; to ask questions
- 不问好歹(不問好歹) no matter what may happen
- 承问(承問) thank you for asking
- 答非所问(答非所問) to sidestep the question; to answer evasively
- 试问(試問) I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically); one might well ask
- 疑问(疑問) to question; to query ; a question; a query
- 追根问底(追根問底) to examine roots and inquire at the base; to get to the bottom of sth
- 问津(問津) to make inquiries; to show interest
- 问号(問號) question mark
- 反问语气(反問語氣) tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question
- 提出问题(提出問題) raise a problem
- 叱问(叱問) to call somebody to account; to question angrily
- 大兴问罪之师(大興問罪之師) to launch a punitive campaign; to condemn scathingly
- 存问(存問) to ask after ; to inquire after; best regards
- 媒体访问控制(媒體訪問控制) Media Access Control; MAC
- 问鼎轻重(問鼎輕重) to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy; a laughable attempt to seize power
- 推问(推問) to interrogate
- 访问者(訪問者) interviewer
- 问路(問路) to ask for directions; to ask the way
Also contained in
介质访问控制层 、 远程访问 、 轻型的目录访问协议 、 特指问句 、 唐太宗李卫公问对 、 介质访问控制 、 两岸问题 、 叶问 、 参问
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Truncated for common words
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 58
- 卷九十五 列傳第六十五 藝術 Volume 95 Biographies 65: Arts Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 54
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 37
- 第二回 Chapter 94 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 37
- 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 36
- 卷三百六十二 列傳第一百二十一 朱勝非 呂頤浩 范宗尹 范致虛 呂好問 Volume 362 Biographies 121: Zhu Shengfei, Lu Yihao, Fan Zongyin, Fan Zhixu, Lu Haowen History of Song 宋史 — count: 35
- 卷十四 魏書十四 程郭董劉蔣劉傳 Volume 14: Book of Wei 14 - Biographies of Cheng, Dong, Guo, Liu, Jiang, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 34
- 《知北遊》 Knowledge Rambling in the North Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 33
- 卷二百四十一 列傳第一百二十九 周嘉謨 張問達 汪應蛟 王紀 孫瑋 鍾羽正 陳道亨 Volume 241 Biographies 129: Zhou Jiamo, Zhang Wenda, Wang Yingjiao, Wang Ji, Sun Wei, Zhong Yuzheng, Chen Daoheng History of Ming 明史 — count: 32
- 卷八十九 列傳第七十七: 藝術上 Volume 89 Biographies 77: Diviners 1 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 31
Collocations
- 子问 (子問) 楚子問之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 13
- 公问 (公問) 公問之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 11
- 侯问 (侯問) 晉侯問原守於寺人勃鞮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 10
- 敢问 (敢問) 敢問所安 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 8
- 王问 (王問) 王問諸屈巫 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 5
- 使问 (使問) 使問 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
- 问何谓 (問何謂) 敢問何謂也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
- 人问 (人問) 人問其故 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
- 奔问 (奔問) 敢不奔問官守 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
- 固问 (固問) 固問之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2