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Definition 2025

See also: 请问

		to ask; to invite; please (do sth) to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal, etc); to request	to ask
trad. (請問)		請	問
simp. (请问)		请	问

請問

please; excuse me; may I ask you a question?
請問，您是哪位？ / 请问，您是哪位？ ― Qǐngwèn, nín shì nǎ wèi? ― Excuse me, may I ask who you are?

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qǐngwèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingwenn
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing² man⁶, ceng² man⁶
  - Yale: chíng mahn, chéng mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing² man⁶, tseng² man⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵ mɐn²²/, /t͡sʰɛːŋ³⁵ mɐn²²/
  - Note: cing2 man6 - literary; ceng2 man6 - vernacular.
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiáng-mun
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiang` mun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiang³ mun⁴
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ³¹ mun⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-mn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: tshiánn-mn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chviafmng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mŋ̍⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cian² mung⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiáⁿ mūng
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ muŋ¹¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: qin men (T2); qin (T2) + men (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɪɲ³³ məɲ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕʰɪɲ⁴⁴ məɲ²³/