问讯 (問訊) wènxùn

  1. wènxùn verb to inquire
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '問訊'; Guoyu '問訊' 2)
  2. wènxùn verb to greet
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '問訊'; Guoyu '問訊' 2)
  3. wènxùn verb half bow
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
  4. wènxùn verb to join palms and bow as a greeting
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pratisaṃmodana, or: √prach, Japanese: monjin; by joining palms and also holding a mudra at the forehead and bowing (BCSD '問訊', p. 258; FGDB '問訊'; Guoyu '問訊'; JEBD 'Monjin', p. 223; MW 'prach'; SH '問訊', p. 334)

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