訊問

See also: 讯问

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùnwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄨㄣˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-būn / sìn-mn̄g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùnwèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùnwùn
    • Wade–Giles: hsün⁴-wên⁴
    • Yale: syùn-wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunnwenn
    • Palladius: сюньвэнь (sjunʹvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹⁻⁵³ wən⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-būn / sìn-mn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-būn / sìn-mn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienbun, sienmng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ bun²²/, /sin²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun⁴¹/, /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ bun²²/, /sin²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ bun³³/, /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ bun³³/, /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍³³/

Verb

訊問

1. to inquire about; to ask about
2. (law) to try; to interrogate; to subject to an inquest; to examine

Synonyms

• (to inquire about):

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• 了解 (liǎojiě)
• 咨問 / 咨问 (zīwèn) (literary)
• 問 / 问 (wèn)
• 問訊 / 问讯 (wènxùn)
• 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)
• 詢問 / 询问 (xúnwèn)
• 諮詢 / 谘询 (zīxún)
• 質 / 质 (Cantonese, or literary, or in compounds)

 

• (to try):

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• 問 / 问 (wèn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 問案 / 问案 (wèn'àn)
• 審 / 审 (shěn)
• 審判 / 审判 (shěnpàn)
• 審問 / 审问 (shěnwèn)
• 審訊 / 审讯 (shěnxùn)