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Chinese
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to ask
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content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
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trad. (問安)
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問
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安
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simp. (问安)
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问
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安
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Pronunciation
Verb
問⫽安 (verb-object)
- (formal) to pay one's respects (to an elder, etc.); to wish someone good health
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若淨係問你兄弟安、有乜好過人呢、異邦人亦唔係噉樣做咩。
若净系问你兄弟安、有乜好过人呢、异邦人亦唔系噉样做咩。 - joek6 zing6 hai6 man6 nei5 hing1 dai6 on1, jau5 mat1 hou2 gwo3 jan4 ne1, ji6 bong1 jan4 jik6 m4 hai6 gam2 joeng6-2 zou6 me1.
- And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Synonyms
- 咨問 / 咨问 (zīwèn) (literary)
- 問 / 问 (wèn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 問候 / 问候 (wènhòu)
- 問好 / 问好 (wènhǎo)
- 問訊 / 问讯 (wènxùn)
- 打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
- 招呼 (zhāohū)
- 拍招呼 (Hokkien)
- 相借問 / 相借问 (Hokkien, Hakka)
- 請安 / 请安 (qǐng'ān) (historical, to an elder)
- 起居 (qǐjū) (historical)
Proper noun
問安
- (~鎮) Wen'an (a town in Zhijiang, Yichang, Hubei, China)