下問

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to ask
trad. (下問)		下	問
simp. (下问)		下	问

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàwèn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ man⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàwèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàwùn
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-wên⁴
  - Yale: syà-wèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahwenn
  - Palladius: сявэнь (sjavɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ wən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ man⁶
  - Yale: hah mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ man⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ men⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² mɐn²²/

Idiom

下問

(literary) to ask someone who is less learned or of lesser status than oneself

Derived terms

不恥下問／不耻下问 (bùchǐxiàwèn)

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