created sense approved 请问/請問 · qǐngwèn · excuse me — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
请问 / 請問
qǐngwèn
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 approved 请问/請問 · qǐngwèn · we would like to ask — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
请问 / 請問
qǐngwèn
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