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借問

借問

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	to ask
trad. (借問)		借	問
simp. (借问)		借	问

Verb

借問

(humble) to ask; may I ask ...?

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jièwèn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ man⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chia-mun
Min Nan (POJ): chioh-mn̄g / chioh-mūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jièwèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄨㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehwenn
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze³ man⁶
  - Yale: je mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ man⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ mɐn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chia-mun
  - Hakka Romanization System: jia mun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jia⁴ mun⁴
  - IPA: /t͡ɕi̯a⁵⁵ mun⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh-mn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: tsioh-mn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioihmng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)⁵ mŋ̍⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ mŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh-mūi
  - Tâi-lô: tsioh-muī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioihmui
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ mui²²/