How to say "to ask" in Chinese
问
wènto askPart of speech: Verbs
"to ask" in Chinese is 问 — pronounced wèn.
In a sentence
- 请问，你叫什么名字？Qǐngwèn, nǐ jiào shénme míngzì?Excuse me, what's your name?
Sentence patterns that use it
- 请问，___在哪里？Excuse me, where is ___?
- 喂，请问___在吗？Hello, is ___ there?
Words that share a character
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Reading a word is the easy half. In HanQuest you meet 问 inside a quest — spoken by a villager, then checked against your own voice.
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