Chinese

請問

/t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵¹/
please; excuse me; may I ask?; may I know?
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  • 请问

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  • characterChinese請 “to ask; to ask for; to request”
    • meaningChinese言 “to say; to speak; to talk”
    • soundChinese青 “blue-green ("grue"); blue (of sky, stone etc.); green (of grass, plants, mountains etc.)”
      • soundChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
        • ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • soundChinese井 “well (a hole sunk into the ground) (Classifier: 口; 眼)”
  • characterChinese問 “to ask”
    • soundChinese門 “gate; door; entrance; opening; portal (Classifier: 扇 m mn; 道 m c; 度 c; 條／条 c; 隻／只 c; 片 mn)”
    • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”

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