問話

Chinese

		to ask	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (問話)		問	話
simp. (问话)		问	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wènhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): man⁶ waa⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mun⁵ va^5*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mun-fa
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): būn-ōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wènhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùnhuà
    • Wade–Giles: wên⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: wèn-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennhuah
    • Palladius: вэньхуа (vɛnʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁶ waa⁶
    • Yale: mahn wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² waː²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mun⁵ va^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbun³² va³²⁻³²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mun-fa
    • Hakka Romanization System: mun fa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mun⁴ fa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mun⁵⁵ fa⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: būn-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buxn'oe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²²⁻²¹ ue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun⁴¹⁻²² ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun²²⁻²¹ ue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun³³⁻¹¹ ue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun³³⁻²¹ ue³³/

Verb

問話

1. (of superiors or elders) to inquire; to question; to interrogate

Synonyms

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

 

Noun

問話

1. inquiry; questioning; interrogation

Synonyms

• 問題／问题 (wèntí)
• 提問／提问 (tíwèn)
• 疑問／疑问 (yíwèn)