问 (wèn) means To ask (interrogate - question). Below are 24 of the 52 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我想 问 你一件事。
Wǒ xiǎng wèn nǐ yí jiàn shì.
I want to ask you about something.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 问
老师 问 了我一个 问 题。
Lǎoshī wèn le wǒ yí gè wèntí.
The teacher asked me a question.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 问
这个 问 题我不懂。
Zhège wèntí wǒ bù dǒng.
I don't understand this question.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 问题
遇到 问 题别着急。
Yùdào wèntí bié zháojí.
Don't panic when you run into a problem.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 遇到
From the graded readers
我拿着照片去 问 她。
wǒ názhe zhàopiàn qù wèn tā.
I took the photo to ask her about it.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
她 问 我：“你吃饭了吗？”
tā wèn wǒ:" nǐ chīfàn le / liǎo / liào mǎ?"
She asked, "Have you eaten?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
她又 问 ：“工作怎么样？”
tā yòu wèn:" gōngzuò zěnmeyàng?"
Then she asked, "How's work?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
我 问 ：“这件衣服多少钱？”
wǒ wèn:" zhèijiàn yīfu duōshao qián?"
I asked, "How much is this?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
她总是先 问 ：“你觉得呢？”
tā zǒngshì xiān wèn:" nǐ juéde ne / ní?"
She always asks first, "What do you think?"
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
前面的 问 题我都回答得不错。
qiánmian de / dì wèntí wǒ dōu huídá dé / děi / de búcuò.
I answered the first questions well enough.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
From the travel phrasebook
这是运输 问 题。
Zhè shì yùnshū wèntí.
That's a transport problem.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
请 问 几号登机口？
Qǐngwèn jǐ hào dēngjīkǒu?
Which gate, please?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
请 问 行李在哪里取？
Qǐngwèn xíngli zài nǎlǐ qǔ?
Excuse me, where do I collect my luggage?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
请 问 检票口在哪儿？
Qǐngwèn jiǎnpiàokǒu zài nǎr?
Where is the ticket gate, please?
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
From the grammar library
我有一个 问 题。
Wǒ yǒu yí ge wèntí.
I have a question.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
我想 问 一个 问 题。
Wǒ xiǎng wèn yí ge wèntí.
I'd like to ask a question.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 想 / 要 / 需要 — want and need
我看了看，没 问 题。
Wǒ kàn le kàn, méi wèntí.
I had a quick look — it's fine.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Verb reduplication — 看看, 试试
问 appears in 52 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 问
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 问
How is 问 used in a sentence?
This page shows 52 sentences using 问 (wèn, "To ask (interrogate - question)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 问 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 问 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 问 an HSK word?
Yes — 问 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 问?
The dictionary page for 问 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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