qǐng​wèn HSK1

excuse me

  • created sense approved 请问/請問 · qǐng​wèn · excuse me — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    请问 / 請問

    qǐng​wèn

    excuse me

    Polite formula used to precede a question, meaning "may I ask" or "could you tell me"

    请 (literal) → 请/請 · qǐng · please 问 (literal) → 问/問 · wèn · to ask

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 请问/請問 · qǐng​wèn · we would like to ask — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    请问 / 請問

    qǐng​wèn

    we would like to ask

    Used to frame a challenge or rhetorical question, often equivalent to "how would you explain this" or "let me ask you this"

    请 (literal) → 请/請 · qǐng · to ask 问 (literal) → 问/問 · wèn · to ask

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense