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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

不问bù wèn

to pay no attention to / to disregard / to ignore / to let go unpunished / to let off

无人问津wú rén wèn jīn

to be of no interest to anyone (idiom)

诘问jié wèn

to ask questions / to interrogate

疑问句yí wèn jù

question (grammar) / interrogative sentence

责问zé wèn

to demand an explanation

问事wèn shì

to ask for information / to inquire

问住wèn zhù

to stump sb with a question

问倒wèn dǎo

to stump / to baffle

问名wèn míng

to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride / one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family

问安wèn ān

to pay one's respects / to give regards to

问客杀鸡wèn kè shā jī

lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom) / fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)

问寒问暖wèn hán wèn nuǎn

(idiom) to show concern about sb's well-being

问市wèn shì

to hit the market

问心有愧wèn xīn yǒu kuì

to have a guilty conscience

问津wèn jīn

to make inquiries (mostly used in the negative)

问罪wèn zuì

to denounce / to condemn / to call to account / to punish

问罪之师wèn zuì zhī shī

punitive force / a person setting out to deliver severe reproach

问荆wèn jīng

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

问责wèn zé

to hold accountable / to blame / to censure / to apportion blame

问责性wèn zé xìng

accountability

问道于盲wèn dào yú máng

lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom) / fig. to seek advice from an incompetent

问鼎中原wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán

to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)

问鼎轻重wèn dǐng qīng zhòng

lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom) / a laughable attempt to seize power

一问三不知yī wèn sān bù zhī

lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance

三农问题sān nóng wèn tí

the three core challenges of rural development in mainland China (agriculture 農業|农业[nóng yè], rural areas 農村|农村[nóng cūn] and farmers 農民|农民[nóng mín]), first identified as a policy focus in the 1990s

三体问题sān tǐ wèn tí

three-body problem (mechanics)

不问青红皂白bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái

not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong

不耻下问bù chǐ xià wèn

not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates

介质访问控制jiè zhì fǎng wèn kòng zhì

Medium Access Control / MAC

介质访问控制层jiè zhì fǎng wèn kòng zhì céng

(computing) media access control layer (MAC layer)

借问jiè wèn

(honorific) May I ask?

做学问zuò xué wèn

to pursue scholarly study / to engage in academic research

先决问题xiān jué wèn tí

issue that needs to be addressed first (before another issue can be resolved)

入境问俗rù jìng wèn sú

When you enter a country, enquire about the local customs (idiom) / do as the natives do / When in Rome, do as the Romans do

具体问题jù tǐ wèn tí

concrete issue

出问题chū wèn tí

to have sth go wrong / to have a problem arise / to give problems

动问dòng wèn

may I ask

卜问bǔ wèn

to predict by divining / to consult the oracle

反问句fǎn wèn jù

rhetorical question

反问语气fǎn wèn yǔ qì

tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question

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