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

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• 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

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

Synonyms

• (to inquire):

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• 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):

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• 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)