試問

Chinese

		to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test	to ask
trad. (試問)		試	問
simp. (试问)		试	问

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìwèn

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ man⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-mn̄g / chhì-būn / chhì-mūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìwèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhwùn
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-wên⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-wèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhwenn
  - Palladius: шивэнь (šivɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ wən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si³ man⁶
  - Yale: si mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si³ man⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi³ men⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ mɐn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-mn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: tshì-mn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiemng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-būn
  - Tâi-lô: tshì-būn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chie'bun
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ bun³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ bun³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-mūi
  - Tâi-lô: tshì-muī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiemui
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ muĩ²²/

Verb

試問

(honorific, polite) may we ask; we should like to ask; it may well be asked

Usage notes

Mostly used to question or express disagreement with the interlocutor's opinion.

Synonyms

借問／借问 (jièwèn)
借問聲／借问声 (ze³ man⁶ seng¹) (Cantonese)
請問／请问 (qǐngwèn)

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