質問

質問

See also: 质问

Chinese

		hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality	to ask
trad. (質問)		質	問
simp. (质问)		质	问

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìwèn, zhíwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄨㄣˋ, ㄓˊ ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat¹ man⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳt-mun
• Min Nan (POJ): chit-būn / chit-mn̄g / chit-mūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhìwèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhwenn
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ u̯ən⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhíwèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jywenn
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ u̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zat¹ man⁶
    • Yale: jāt mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁷ man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed¹ men⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚⁵ mɐn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳt-mun
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziid` mun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zid⁵ mun⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sɨt̚² mun⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-būn
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-būn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citbun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ bun²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ bun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ bun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-mn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-mn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citmng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚⁵⁻²⁴ mŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-mūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-muī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citmui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ muĩ²²/

Noun

質問

1. question
2. interrogation

Verb

質問

1. to call to account, to interrogate

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
質	問
しつ Grade: 5	もん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しつもん [shìtsúmóń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕi̥t͡sɨᵝmõ̞ɴ]

Noun

質問 (hiragana しつもん, rōmaji shitsumon)

1. question

Verb

質問する (hiragana しつもんする, rōmaji shitsumon suru)

1. ask a question

Conjugation

Conjugation of "質問する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	質問し	しつもんし	shitsumon shi
Continuative (連用形)	質問し	しつもんし	shitsumon shi
Terminal (終止形)	質問する	しつもんする	shitsumon suru
Attributive (連体形)	質問する	しつもんする	shitsumon suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	質問すれ	しつもんすれ	shitsumon sure
Imperative (命令形)	質問せよ¹ 質問しろ²	しつもんせよ¹ しつもんしろ²	shitsumon seyo¹ shitsumon shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	質問される	しつもんされる	shitsumon sareru
Causative	質問させる 質問さす	しつもんさせる しつもんさす	shitsumon saseru shitsumon sasu
Potential	質問できる	しつもんできる	shitsumon dekiru
Volitional	質問しよう	しつもんしよう	shitsumon shiyō
Negative	質問しない	しつもんしない	shitsumon shinai
Negative continuative	質問せず	しつもんせず	shitsumon sezu
Formal	質問します	しつもんします	shitsumon shimasu
Perfective	質問した	しつもんした	shitsumon shita
Conjunctive	質問して	しつもんして	shitsumon shite
Hypothetical conditional	質問すれば	しつもんすれば	shitsumon sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• 聞 (き)く (kiku), 問 (と)う (tou), 尋 (たず)ねる (tazuneru)

See also

• 伺 (うかが)う (ukagau, “ask”) (humble)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
質	問

Noun

質問 • (jilmun) (hangeul 질문)

1. Hanja form^? of 질문 (“question”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
質	問

Verb

質問

1. Hán tự form of chất vấn (“to question”).