問津

問津

See also: 问津

Chinese

		to ask	Tianjin; ferry
trad. (問津)		問	津
simp. (问津)		问	津

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wènjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ zeon¹
• Min Nan (POJ): būn-chin / būn-tin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wènjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennjin
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùnjin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁶ zeon¹
    • Yale: mahn jēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ dzoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ zên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² t͡ʃɵn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-chin
    • Tâi-lô: būn-tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buxncyn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bun²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: būn-tin
    • Tâi-lô: būn-tin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buxndyn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun³³⁻²¹ tin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun³³⁻¹¹ tin⁴⁴/

Verb

問津

1. (formal) to make inquiries (as about prices or the situation, usually used in the negative)

Derived terms

乏人問津／乏人问津 (fárénwènjīn)

無人問津／无人问津 (wúrénwènjīn)