問好

See also: 问好

Chinese

		to ask	good; well; be fond of
trad. (問好)		問	好
simp. (问好)		问	好
anagram		好問／好问
Literally: “to ask if (someone) is fine”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wènhǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ hou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mn̄g-hó / būn-hó / mūi-hó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wènhǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wùnhǎo
  - Wade–Giles: wên⁴-hao³
  - Yale: wèn-hǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennhao
  - Palladius: вэньхао (vɛnʹxao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁶ hou²
  - Yale: mahn hóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ hou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ hou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² hou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̄g-hó
  - Tâi-lô: mn̄g-hó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mngxhoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²²⁻²¹ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² ho⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-hó
  - Tâi-lô: būn-hó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: buxnhoir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun³³⁻²¹ hɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bun³³⁻¹¹ ho⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mūi-hó
  - Tâi-lô: muī-hó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: muixhoir
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ²²⁻²¹ ho⁵³/

Verb

問好

to send regards to someone; to say hello to; to inquire after

Synonyms

咨問／咨问 (zīwèn) (literary)
問／问 (wèn) (literary, or in compounds)
問候／问候 (wènhòu)
問安／问安 (wèn'ān) (formal, to an elder)
問訊／问讯 (wènxùn)
打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
招呼 (zhāohū)
拍招呼 (Hokkien)
相借問／相借问 (Hokkien, Hakka)
請安／请安 (qǐng'ān) (historical, to an elder)
起居 (qǐjū) (historical)

See also

你好嗎／你好吗 (nǐ hǎo ma, “how are you?”)

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