借问 (借問) jièwèn
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jièwèn
noun
[polite] May I ask?
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 请问 (CC-CEDICT '借問'; Guoyu '借問' 2; Mathews 1931 '借問', p. 103) -
jièwèn
verb
to inquire; to ask
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 询问 (Guoyu '借問' 2) -
jièwèn
phrase
suppose one was to ask
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Especially, in a poem (Guoyu '借問' 3)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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