问
wèn HSK1

ask (about)

问 問 wèn
to ask verb
to ask; to inquire; to request an answer from someone

我可以问你个问题吗？

wǒ kě​yǐ wèn nǐ ge wèn​tí ma?

May I ask you a question?

to inquire after verbnoun
to inquire after someone's well-being; to send regards; to pay a visit
to interrogate verb
to interrogate; to question as part of an investigation; to try a case

法官问他：“你认罪吗？”

fǎ​guān wèn tā:“ nǐ rèn zuì ma?”

The judge asked him, “Do you plead guilty?”

from preposition
(informal) Used like 向 xiàng or 跟 gēn to indicate the person from whom one is asking for or borrowing something.

我想问你借五十元。

wǒ xiǎng wèn nǐ jiè wǔ​shí yuán.

I would like to borrow fifty dollars from you.

to hold responsible verb
to hold responsible; to bring to justice; to blame or question a person's conduct
to intervene
to intervene; to bother with; to meddle in a situation
[surname]
the Chinese surname Wen
news
(literary) news; message; letter
reputation
(literary) reputation; fame

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Frequency
Character
Written text
137th most common 1489.6 per million
Movie subtitles
131st most common 1374.3 per million appears in 98% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
609.8 per million appears in 85% of films
Written text
358.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
問
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+95EE

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)