请问
qǐng wèn 3–4
Excuse me, may I ask...?
- Characters
- 2
- 请 · 问
- Syllables
- 2
- qǐng wèn
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 3,689
Part of speech: v
Character by character
- 请qǐng10 strokesHSK 1 traditional 請ask, request; invite; please
- 问wèn6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 問ask about, inquire after
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
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