試問

Chinese

		to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test	to ask
trad. (試問)		試	問
simp. (试问)		试	问

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ man⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-mn̄g / chhì-būn / chhì-mūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìwèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhwùn
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-wên⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhwenn
    • Palladius: шивэнь (šivɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ wən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ man⁶
    • Yale: si mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ men⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ mɐn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-mn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-mn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiemng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-būn
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'bun
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ bun³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ bun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-mūi
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-muī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiemui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ muĩ²²/

Verb

試問

1. (honorific, polite) may we ask; we should like to ask; it may well be asked

Usage notes

Mostly used to question or express disagreement with the interlocutor's opinion.

Synonyms

• 借問／借问 (jièwèn)
• 借問聲／借问声 (ze³ man⁶ seng¹) (Cantonese)
• 請問／请问 (qǐngwèn)