過問

See also: 过问

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	to ask
trad. (過問)		過	問
simp. (过问)		过	问

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ man⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ko-mun
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kè-mn̄g / kèr-mn̄g / kòe-mūi / kè-būn / kòe-būn / kò-būn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guòwèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guòwùn
    • Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-wên⁴
    • Yale: gwò-wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohwenn
    • Palladius: говэнь (govɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ wən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ man⁶
    • Yale: gwo mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ men⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ mɐn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-mun
    • Hakka Romanization System: go mun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵ mun⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-mn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: kè-mn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keamng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèr-mn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: kèr-mn̄g
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-mūi
    • Tâi-lô: kuè-muī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koeamui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ muĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-būn
    • Tâi-lô: kè-būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kea'bun
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ bun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-būn
    • Tâi-lô: kuè-būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koea'bun
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ bun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-būn
    • Tâi-lô: kò-būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koirbun
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ bun²²/

Verb

過問

1. to concern oneself with; to take an interest in
2. to interfere; to meddle; to intervene

Synonyms

• (to concern oneself with): (formal, chiefly in the negative) 問津／问津 (wènjīn)
• (to interfere):

• 伸手 (shēnshǒu) (figurative)
• 問／问 (wèn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 干涉 (gānshè)
• 干預 (gānyù)
• 插手 (chāshǒu)
• 插跤 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 沓滴 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 鬥插／斗插 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 鬥插手／斗插手 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)