問津

See also: 问津

Chinese

		to ask	Tianjin; ferry
trad. (問津)		問	津
simp. (问津)		问	津
Literally: “to make inquiries about a ferry crossing”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wènjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ zeon¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): būn-chin / būn-tin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wènjīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wùnjin
  - Wade–Giles: wên⁴-chin¹
  - Yale: wèn-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennjin
  - Palladius: вэньцзинь (vɛnʹczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁶ zeon¹
  - Yale: mahn jēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ dzoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ zên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² t͡sɵn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-chin
  - Tâi-lô: būn-tsin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: buxncyn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bun²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-tin
  - Tâi-lô: būn-tin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: buxndyn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun³³⁻²¹ tin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bun³³⁻¹¹ tin⁴⁴/

Verb

問津

(formal, chiefly in the negative) to make inquiries (about prices or the situation)

Synonyms

過問／过问 (guòwèn)

Derived terms

不敢問津／不敢问津 (bùgǎnwènjīn)
乏人問津／乏人问津 (fárénwènjīn)
無人問津／无人问津 (wúrénwènjīn)

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