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wèn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wèn | wen4
English translation
to ask
to ask about, to inquire after

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About wèn

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

wèn

Contains the radical

Mén

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of wèn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

门口 mén kǒu

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Mén

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and Mén represents the sound.

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Example sentences using wèn

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开动 kāi dòng 脑筋 nǎo jīn , xiǎng lòng dǒng 这个 zhè ge 问题 wèntí .

His mind reached after an understanding of the problem.

Jiào de 职责 zhí zé shì 帮助 bāngzhù 学好 xué hǎo 教义 jiào yì 问答 wèn dá .

The duty of a godmother is to make you learn your catechism.

他们 tā men de 交谈 jiāo tán shì cháng 典型 diǎnxíng de 情话 qíng huà ,一阵 yī zhèn 轻柔 qīng róu de 询问 xúnwèn tián de 表白 biǎo bái .

They had a great deal of characteristic lovers'talk - a soft exchange of inquiries and assurances.

hāi , ” 约翰 Yuē hàn shuì , “ 琪妮,顺便 shùnbiàn wèn wèn , 知道 zhīdào zhēng zài 离婚 líhūn ?

" Yeah, " Johnny said. " By the way, Ginny, you know I'm getting divorced?

yòu 想起 xiǎng qǐ le zhè tián Zhōng dài ,苦中 yǒu tián de shì , zhè 问题 wèntí lǎo zài 头脑 tóu nǎo Zhōng 打转 dǎ zhuàn .

She thought again: a bitter sweetness, and always the same single question recurring.

Words with wèn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
问题 wèntí question問題
wèn to ask wèn
访问 fǎngwèn to visit訪問
询问 xúnwèn to inquire詢問
请问 qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...?請問
顾问 gùwèn adviser顧問
提问 tíwèn to question提問
毫无疑问 háo wú yí wèn certainty毫無疑問
疑问 yíwèn question疑問
问候 wènhòu to give one's respects問候
问好 wèn hǎo to say hello to問好
慰问 wèiwèn to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc慰問
审问 shěn wèn to interrogate審問
追问 zhuī wèn to question closely追問
问卷 wèn juàn questionnaire問卷
学问 xuéwèn learning學問
问世 wènshì to be published問世
质问 zhì wèn to question質問
问话 wèn huà interrogation問話
盘问 pán wèn to interrogate盤問
不问 bù wèn to disregard不問
问鼎 wèn dǐng to aspire to the throne問鼎
问答 wèn dá question and answer問答
讯问 xùn wèn to interrogate訊問

wèn Decomposition & Compounds

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wèn Decomposition

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