問好

See also: 问好

Chinese

		to ask	good; well; be fond of
trad. (問好)		問	好
simp. (问好)		问	好
anagram		好問／好问
Literally: “to ask if (someone) is fine”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wènhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ hou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mn̄g-hó / būn-hó / mūi-hó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wènhǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùnhǎo
    • Wade–Giles: wên⁴-hao³
    • Yale: wèn-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennhao
    • Palladius: вэньхао (vɛnʹxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁶ hou²
    • Yale: mahn hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² hou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̄g-hó
    • Tâi-lô: mn̄g-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mngxhoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²²⁻²¹ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² ho⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-hó
    • Tâi-lô: būn-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buxnhoir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun³³⁻²¹ hɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun³³⁻¹¹ ho⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mūi-hó
    • Tâi-lô: muī-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: muixhoir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ²²⁻²¹ ho⁵³/

Verb

問好

1. to send regards to someone; to say hello to; to inquire after

Synonyms

• 咨問／咨问 (zīwèn) (literary)
• 問／问 (wèn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 問候／问候 (wènhòu)
• 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)

 

See also

• 你好嗎／你好吗 (nǐ hǎo ma, “how are you?”)