请问

Character by character

• 请qǐng10 strokesHSK 1 traditional 請ask, request; invite; please
• 问wèn6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 問ask about, inquire after

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 请问. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 问题wèn tíHSK 2

  question; problem; issue; topic

• 请qǐngHSK 1

  to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request

• 问wènHSK 1

  to ask; to inquire

• 申请shēn qǐngHSK 4

  to apply for sth; application form

• 邀请yāo qǐngHSK 5

  to invite; invitation

• 请求qǐng qiúHSK 2

  to request; to ask; request

• 访问fǎng wènHSK 3

  to visit; to call on; to interview

• 询问xún wènHSK 5

  to inquire

• 顾问gù wènHSK 5

  adviser; consultant

• 提问tí wènHSK 3

  to question; to quiz; to grill

• 疑问yí wènHSK 4

  question; interrogation; doubt

• 问候wèn hòuHSK 4

  to give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)

• 聘请pìn qǐngHSK 6

  to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc)

• 请客qǐng kèHSK 2

  to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner

• 请假qǐng jiàHSK 1

  to request leave of absence

• 敬请jìng qǐngHSK 7

  please (do sth) (deferential form)

• 请教qǐng jiàoHSK 3

  to ask for guidance; to consult

• 追问zhuī wènHSK 7

  to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter

• 质问zhì wènHSK 7

  to question; to ask questions; to inquire; to bring to account; to interrogate

• 问卷wèn juànHSK 7

  questionnaire

• 慰问wèi wènHSK 5

  to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc

• 学问xué wènHSK 4

  learning; knowledge

• 过问guò wèn

  to show an interest in; to get involved with

• 问世wèn shìHSK 7

  to be published; to come out