借問

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	to ask
trad. (借問)		借	問
simp. (借问)		借	问

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jièwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ man⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chia-mun
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chioh-mn̄g / chioh-mūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jièwèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jièwùn
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-wên⁴
    • Yale: jyè-wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehwenn
    • Palladius: цзевэнь (czevɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ wən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze³ man⁶
    • Yale: je mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé³ men⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ mɐn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chia-mun
    • Hakka Romanization System: jia mun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jia⁴ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯a⁵⁵ mun⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh-mn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: tsioh-mn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioihmng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² mŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁵ mŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ mŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh-mūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsioh-muī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioihmui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ muĩ²²/

Verb

借問

1. (honorific, polite) to ask; may I ask ...?

Synonyms

• 借問聲／借问声 (ze³ man⁶ seng¹) (Cantonese)
• 試問／试问 (shìwèn)
• 請問／请问 (qǐngwèn)

 

Derived terms

• 借問聲／借问声
• 相借問／相借问