咨問

Chinese

		consult	to ask
trad. (咨問)		咨	問
simp. (咨问)		咨	问

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zīwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ man⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīwèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihwùn
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-wên⁴
    • Yale: dz̄-wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzywenn
    • Palladius: цзывэнь (czyvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ wən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ man⁶
    • Yale: jī mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ men⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ mɐn²²/

Verb

咨問

1. (literary) to consult; to seek advice; to make enquiries
2. (literary) to send one's regards; to ask how someone is; to show concern to someone

Synonyms

• (to consult):

• 了解 (liǎojiě)
• 問／问 (wèn)
• 問訊／问讯 (wènxùn)
• 問話／问话 (wènhuà) (of superiors or elders)
• 打聽／打听 (dǎtīng)
• 扣問／扣问 (kòuwèn) (literary)
• 探問／探问 (tànwèn)
• 探詢／探询 (tànxún)
• 查問／查问 (cháwèn)
• 查詢／查询 (cháxún)
• 訊問／讯问 (xùnwèn)
• 詢問／询问 (xúnwèn)
• 諮詢／谘询 (zīxún)
• 質／质 (Cantonese, or literary, or in compounds)

 

• (to send one's regards):

• 問／问 (wèn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 問候／问候 (wènhòu)
• 問好／问好 (wènhǎo)
• 問安／问安 (wèn'ān) (formal, to an elder)
• 問訊／问讯 (wènxùn)
• 打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
• 招呼 (zhāohū)
• 拍招呼 (Hokkien)
• 相借問／相借问 (Hokkien, Hakka)
• 請安／请安 (qǐng'ān) (historical, to an elder)
• 起居 (qǐjū) (historical)