问 (問) wèn

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. wèn verb to hold responsible
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC '问' v 4; CED '问' 4; NCCED '问' 4)
5. 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)
6. wèn verb to rebuke
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '問' 1c)
7. 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)
8. wèn noun news
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Ci Yuan '問' 7; Kroll 2015 '問' 4, p. 477; NCCED '问' 8)
9. wèn verb to propose marriage
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '問' 5, p. 477)
10. 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)
11. wèn verb to research
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 研究 (GHC '问' 5)
12. wèn proper noun Wen
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (GHC '问' 11)
13. wèn preposition to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 向 (GHC '问' 9; NCCED '问' 7)
14. 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