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问津
Contents
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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Verb
1.2.1
Synonyms
1.2.2
Derived terms
Chinese
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to ask
Tianjin; ferry
trad.
(
問津
)
問
津
simp.
(
问津
)
问
津
Literally:
“to make inquiries about a ferry crossing”.
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
wènjīn
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
man
6
zeon
1
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
,
POJ
)
:
būn-chin
/
būn-tin
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
wènjīn
Zhuyin
:
ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
wùnjin
Wade–Giles
:
wên
4
-chin
1
Yale
:
wèn-jīn
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
wennjin
Palladius
:
вэньцзинь
(vɛnʹczinʹ)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/wən⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
man
6
zeon
1
Yale
:
mahn j
ē
un
Cantonese Pinyin
:
man
6
dzoen
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
men
6
zên
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/mɐn²² t͡sɵn
⁵⁵
/
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
:
Xiamen
,
Quanzhou
,
Zhangzhou
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
būn-chin
Tâi-lô
:
būn-tsin
Phofsit Daibuun
:
buxncyn
IPA
(
Quanzhou
)
:
/bun⁴¹⁻²² t͡sin³³/
IPA
(
Xiamen
,
Zhangzhou
)
:
/bun²²⁻²¹ t͡sin⁴⁴/
(
Hokkien
:
General
Taiwanese
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
būn-tin
Tâi-lô
:
būn-tin
Phofsit Daibuun
:
buxndyn
IPA
(
Kaohsiung
)
:
/bun³³⁻²¹ tin⁴⁴/
IPA
(
Taipei
)
:
/bun³³⁻¹¹ tin⁴⁴/
Verb
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問津
(
formal
,
chiefly in the negative
)
to
make
inquiries
(
about prices or the situation
)
Synonyms
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過問
/
过问
(
guòwèn
)
Derived terms
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不敢問津
/
不敢问津
(
bùgǎnwènjīn
)
乏人問津
/
乏人问津
(
fárénwènjīn
)
無人問津
/
无人问津
(
wúrénwènjīn
)