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

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• 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 t͡sin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bun²²⁻²¹ t͡sin⁴⁴/
  • (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

1. (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)