下問

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to ask
trad. (下問)		下	問
simp. (下问)		下	问

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ man⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàwèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàwùn
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-wên⁴
    • Yale: syà-wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahwenn
    • Palladius: сявэнь (sjavɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ wən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ man⁶
    • Yale: hah mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ men⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² mɐn²²/

Idiom

下問

1. (literary) to ask someone who is less learned or of lesser status than oneself

Derived terms

• 不恥下問／不耻下问 (bùchǐxiàwèn)