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疑問

See also: 疑问

Chinese

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to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect to ask
trad. (疑問) 疑 問
simp. (疑问) 疑 问

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 疑 問
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 語其切 亡運切
Baxter ngi mjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋɨ/ /mɨunH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋɨ/ /miunH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋie/ /miuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋɨ/ /munH/
Li
Rong 		/ŋiə/ /miuənH/
Wang
Li 		/ŋĭə/ /mĭuənH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋi/ /mi̯uənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yí wèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji4 man6

Noun

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疑問

  1. query; question; doubt
    無論何時何地，只要你有困難或有任何疑問，都歡迎隨時聯繫我。 [MSC, trad.]
    无论何时何地，只要你有困难或有任何疑问，都欢迎随时联系我。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wúlùn héshí hédì, zhǐyào nǐ yǒu kùnnan huò yǒu rènhé yíwèn, dōu huānyíng suíshí liánxì wǒ. [Pinyin]
    No matter when or where you have any difficulties or questions, please feel free to contact me.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
疑 問
ぎ
Grade: 6 		もん
Grade: 3
on’yomi goon

Etymology

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Ultimately from Middle Chinese 疑問 (MC ngi mjunH, literally “doubt, suspicion + ask”), apparently borrowed later as a learned borrowing from Literary Chinese of the same source term.

First attested in the early 1600s.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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疑(ぎ)問(もん) • (gimon) 

  1. [from early 1600s] a question (implies a doubt about something)
    Synonym: (neutral, no nuances of doubt) 質問 (shitsumon)
  2. [from 1887] a doubt or suspicion about whether something is real or true

Verb

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疑(ぎ)問(もん)する • (gimon suru) suru (stem 疑(ぎ)問(もん)し (gimon shi), past 疑(ぎ)問(もん)した (gimon shita))

  1. [from early 1600s] to ask (implies a doubt about something)
    Synonym: (neutral, no nuances of doubt) 質問する (shitsumon suru)
  2. [from 1887] to doubt or suspect that something might not be real or true

Conjugation

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Conjugation of "疑問する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 疑問し ぎもんし gimon shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 疑問し ぎもんし gimon shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 疑問する ぎもんする gimon suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 疑問する ぎもんする gimon suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 疑問すれ ぎもんすれ gimon sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 疑問せよ¹
疑問しろ² 		ぎもんせよ¹
ぎもんしろ² 		gimon seyo¹
gimon shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 疑問される ぎもんされる gimon sareru
Causative 疑問させる
疑問さす 		ぎもんさせる
ぎもんさす 		gimon saseru
gimon sasu
Potential 疑問できる ぎもんできる gimon dekiru
Volitional 疑問しよう ぎもんしよう gimon shiyō
Negative 疑問しない ぎもんしない gimon shinai
Negative continuative 疑問せず ぎもんせず gimon sezu
Formal 疑問します ぎもんします gimon shimasu
Perfective 疑問した ぎもんした gimon shita
Conjunctive 疑問して ぎもんして gimon shite
Hypothetical conditional 疑問すれば ぎもんすれば gimon sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term
疑問

Noun

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疑問 • (uimun) (hangeul 의문)

  1. Hanja form? of 의문 (“doubt”).

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
疑問

Noun

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疑問

  1. chữ Hán form of nghi vấn (“doubt”).

Adjective

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疑問

  1. chữ Hán form of nghi vấn (“doubtful”).
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