問訊

See also: 问讯

Chinese

		to ask	to question; to ask; to interrogate to question; to ask; to interrogate; rapid; speedy; fast; news; information
trad. (問訊)		問	訊
simp. (问讯)		问	讯
anagram		訊問／讯问

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wènxùn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ ㄒㄩㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ seon³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): būn-sìn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wènxùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄒㄩㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wùnsyùn
  - Wade–Giles: wên⁴-hsün⁴
  - Yale: wèn-syùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennshiunn
  - Palladius: вэньсюнь (vɛnʹsjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕyn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁶ seon³
  - Yale: mahn seun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ soen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ sên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² sɵn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-sìn
  - Tâi-lô: būn-sìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: buxnsixn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bun²²⁻²¹ sin²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun⁴¹⁻²² sin⁴¹/

Verb

問訊

to inquire; to ask
to send one's regards; to send one's respects; to greet; to ask how someone is; to show concern to someone
(of Buddhist monks and nuns) to greet by putting one’s palms together in front of oneself

Synonyms

(to inquire):

了解 (liǎojiě)
咨問／咨问 (zīwèn) (literary)
問／问 (wèn)
問話／问话 (wènhuà) (of superiors or elders)
打聽／打听 (dǎtīng)
扣問／扣问 (kòuwèn) (literary)
探問／探问 (tànwèn)
探詢／探询 (tànxún)
查問／查问 (cháwèn)
查詢／查询 (cháxún)
訊問／讯问 (xùnwèn)
詢問／询问 (xúnwèn)
諮詢／谘询 (zīxún)
質／质 (Cantonese, or literary, or in compounds)

(to send one's regards):

咨問／咨问 (zīwèn) (literary)
問／问 (wèn) (literary, or in compounds)
問候／问候 (wènhòu)
問好／问好 (wènhǎo)
問安／问安 (wèn'ān) (formal, to an elder)
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)

Derived terms

問訊處／问讯处 (wènxùnchù)

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