借問

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	to ask
trad. (借問)		借	問
simp. (借问)		借	问

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jièwèn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ man⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chia-mun
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chioh-mn̄g / chioh-mūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jièwèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jièwùn
  - Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-wên⁴
  - Yale: jyè-wèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehwenn
  - Palladius: цзевэнь (czevɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ wən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze³ man⁶
  - Yale: je mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ man⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zé³ men⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ mɐn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chia-mun
  - Hakka Romanization System: jia mun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jia⁴ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯a⁵⁵ mun⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh-mn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: tsioh-mn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioihmng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²²/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² mŋ̍²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁵ mŋ̍⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ mŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh-mūi
  - Tâi-lô: tsioh-muī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioihmui
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ muĩ²²/

Verb

借問

(honorific, polite) to ask; may I ask ...?

Synonyms

借問聲／借问声 (ze³ man⁶ seng¹) (Cantonese)
試問／试问 (shìwèn)
請問／请问 (qǐngwèn)

Derived terms

借問聲／借问声
相借問／相借问

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