請問

See also: 请问

Chinese

Chinese phrasebook

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		to ask; to invite; please (do something) to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request	to ask
trad. (請問)		請	問
simp. (请问)		请	问

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐngwèn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing² man⁶ / ceng² man⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhiáng-mun

(Meixian, Guangdong): qiang³ mun⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): chiāng-muóng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiáⁿ-mn̄g / chhiáⁿ-mūi / chhéng-būn

(Teochew, Peng'im): cian² mung⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chin-men; ⁵chin ⁶men

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐngwèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐngwùn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing³-wên⁴
  - Yale: chǐng-wèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingwenn
  - Palladius: цинвэнь (cinvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing² man⁶ / ceng² man⁶
  - Yale: chíng mahn / chéng mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing² man⁶ / tseng² man⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing² men⁶ / céng² men⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵ mɐn²²/, /t͡sʰɛːŋ³⁵ mɐn²²/

Note:

cing2 man6 - literary;
ceng2 man6 - vernacular.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiáng-mun
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiang^ˋ mun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiang³ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ³¹ mun⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: qiang³ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiaŋ³¹ mun⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chiāng-muóng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ muɔŋ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-mn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: tshiánn-mn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chviafmng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²²/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰiã⁴²⁻²⁴ mŋ̍²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mŋ̍⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-mūi
  - Tâi-lô: tshiánn-muī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chviafmui
  - IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰiã⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ mui²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muĩ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng-būn
  - Tâi-lô: tshíng-būn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhefngbun
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cian² mung⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiáⁿ mūng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ muŋ¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵chin-men; ⁵chin ⁶men
  - MiniDict: chin^去 men; chin^去 men^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qin-men; ²qin ³men
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰin³³ mən⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴ mən²³/

Verb

請問

(honorific, polite) please; excuse me; may I ask?; may I know?
請問，您是哪位？ [MSC, trad.]
请问，您是哪位？ [MSC, simp.]
Qǐngwèn, nín shì nǎ wèi? [Pinyin]
Excuse me, may I ask who you are?

請問貴庚？／请问贵庚？ ― Qǐngwèn guìgēng? ― May I ask your age?

這位新朋友，請問尊姓大名啊？——尊字不敢當啊，我叫李靜。 [MSC, trad.]
这位新朋友，请问尊姓大名啊？——尊字不敢当啊，我叫李静。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè wèi xīn péngyou, qǐngwèn zūnxìngdàmíng a? — zūn zì bù gǎndāng a, wǒ jiào Lǐ Jìng. [Pinyin]
May I know the esteemed name of our new friend? — My name is hardly esteemed. I am Li Jing.

Synonyms

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借問 / 借问 (jièwèn)
借問聲 / 借问声 (ze³ man⁶ seng¹) (Cantonese)
試問 / 试问 (shìwèn)

References

“Entry #11477”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.