问
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to ask; to inquire
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 門 +3
- Structure
- Top enclosure 上包
- Traditional
- 問
- Common rank
- #558
- Unicode
- U+95EE
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 问
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 请问 | Excuse me, may I ask...? | |
| 大有学问 | (of a domain or area of expertise) to involve significant depth or complexity; to require … | |
| 一问三不知 | lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom); fig. absolutely no idea of what'… | |
| 有学问 | (of a person) learned; erudite; scholarly; (of a topic, practice or domain) to involve a b… | |
| 天问一号 | Tianwen-1, Chinese mission to put a robotic rover on Mars launched in 2020 | |
| 反问语气 | tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question | |
| 不问 | to pay no attention to; to disregard; to ignore; to let go unpunished; to let off | |
| 问市 | to hit the market | |
| 学问 | learning; knowledge; scholarship; a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门[men2]); (fig.) a… | |
| 天问 | Tianwen, or Questions to Heaven, a long poem by Chu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2]; Tianwen, a series … | |
| 自问 | to ask oneself; to search one's soul; to reach a conclusion after weighing a matter | |
| 动问 | may I ask | |
| 不闻不问 | not to hear, not to question (idiom); to show no interest in sth; uncritical; not in the l… | |
| 问安 | to pay one's respects; to give regards to | |
| 发问 | to question; to ask; to raise a question | |
| 大兴问罪之师 | to launch a punitive campaign; to condemn scathingly | |
| 问事 | to ask for information; to inquire | |
| 问道 | to ask the way; to ask | |
| 打问 | to inquire about; to give sb the third degree | |
| 通问 | to mutually send greetings; to communicate; to exchange news |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 门 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 门 sound part | gate, door, entrance, opening | |
| 闻 | news; to hear, to smell; to make known | |
| 闷 | gloomy, depressed, melancholy | |
| 们 | plural marker for pronouns and some nouns | |
| 闽 | Fujian province; a river; a tribe | |
| 闰 | intercalary; extra, surplus | |
| 蔺 | hay, straw; surname | |
| 闵 | to mourn, to grieve; to incite, to urge on | |
| 扪 | to stoke, to pat; to grope, to feel | |
| 訚 | respectful; to speak gently | |
| 钔 | mendelevium |