敢問

Chinese

		dare	to ask
trad. (敢問)		敢	問
simp. (敢问)		敢	问

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎnwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² man⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnwèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnwùn
    • Wade–Giles: kan³-wên⁴
    • Yale: gǎn-wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanwenn
    • Palladius: ганьвэнь (ganʹvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² man⁶
    • Yale: gám mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² men⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ mɐn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: kamX mjunH

Rime
Character	敢	問
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古覽切	亡運切
Baxter	kamX	mjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑmX/	/mɨunH/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑmX/	/miunH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑmX/	/miuənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kamX/	/munH/
Li Rong	/kɑmX/	/miuənH/
Wang Li	/kɑmX/	/mĭuənH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑmX/	/mi̯uənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǎn	wèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam2	man6

Interjection

敢問

1. (literary) I would like to ask about.